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Share-based payments - Summary of Information about Awards Granted (Detail) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020 yr £ / shares | Dec. 31, 2019 yr £ / shares | Dec. 31, 2018 yr £ / shares
Annual Performance Plan [member] |  |  |
Information regarding option pricing models and assumptions used for grants during the year [line items] |  |  |
Weighted average share price (pence) | £ / shares | £ 37.71 | £ 45.97 | £ 46.45
Term (years) | yr | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0
Long Term Incentive Plan [member] |  |  |
Information regarding option pricing models and assumptions used for grants during the year [line items] |  |  |
Weighted average share price (pence) | £ / shares | £ 34.50 | £ 48.50 | £ 47.74
Expected dividend yield | 1.48% | 2.16% | 2.27%
Risk-free interest rate | 0.02% | 0.72% | 0.84%
Volatility | 33.00% | 19.00% | 25.00%
Term (years) | yr | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0

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- Definition The expected volatility of the share price used to calculate the fair value of the share options granted. Expected volatility is a measure of the amount by which a price is expected to fluctuate during a period. The measure of volatility used in option pricing models is the annualised standard deviation of the continuously compounded rates of return on the share over a period of time. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Name IFRS -Number 2 -IssueDate 2020-01-01 -Paragraph 47 -Subparagraph a -Clause i -URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/xifrs-link?type=IFRS&num=2&code=ifrs-tx-2020-en-r&anchor=para_47_a_i&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2020-01-01 + Details
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- Definition The option life of share options granted. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Name IFRS -Number 2 -IssueDate 2020-01-01 -Paragraph 47 -Subparagraph a -Clause i -URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/xifrs-link?type=IFRS&num=2&code=ifrs-tx-2020-en-r&anchor=para_47_a_i&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2020-01-01 + Details
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- Definition The implied yield currently available on zero-coupon government issues of the country in whose currency the exercise price for share options granted is expressed, with a remaining term equal to the expected term of the option being valued (based on the option's remaining contractual life and taking into account the effects of expected early exercise). [Refer: Government [member]] + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Name IFRS -Number 2 -IssueDate 2020-01-01 -Paragraph 47 -Subparagraph a -Clause i -URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/xifrs-link?type=IFRS&num=2&code=ifrs-tx-2020-en-r&anchor=para_47_a_i&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2020-01-01 + Details
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- Definition The percentage of an expected dividend used to calculate the fair value of share options granted. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Name IFRS -Number 2 -IssueDate 2020-01-01 -Paragraph 47 -Subparagraph a -Clause i -URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/xifrs-link?type=IFRS&num=2&code=ifrs-tx-2020-en-r&anchor=para_47_a_i&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2020-01-01 + Details
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- Definition The weighted average share price used as input to the option pricing model to calculate the fair value of share options granted. [Refer: Option pricing model [member]; Weighted average [member]] + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Name IFRS -Number 2 -IssueDate 2020-01-01 -Paragraph 47 -Subparagraph a -Clause i -URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/xifrs-link?type=IFRS&num=2&code=ifrs-tx-2020-en-r&anchor=para_47_a_i&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2020-01-01 + Details
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- Definition fair value of share award using monte carlo pricing model and weighted average assumptions. + References No definition available. + Details
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