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Costs of services and general and administrative costs (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2019
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Costs of Services and General Administrative Costs |
|  | Six months ended 30 June 2019 |  |  | Six months ended 30 June 2018 |  |  | Year ended 31 December 2018 |
|  | £m |  |  | £m |  |  | £m |
Costs of services |  |  | 6,390.2 |  |  |  | 6,218.7 |  |  |  | 12,663.5 |
General and administrative costs |  |  | 552.8 |  |  |  | 432.1 |  |  |  | 1,507.5 |
|  |  | 6,943.0 |  |  |  | 6,650.8 |  |  |  | 14,171.0 |
Costs of services and general and administrative costs include:
|  | Six months ended 30 June 2019 |  |  | Six months ended 30 June 2018 |  |  | Year ended 31 December 2018 |
|  | £m |  |  | £m |  |  | £m |
Staff costs |  |  | 4,132.7 |  |  |  | 4,032.6 |  |  |  | 8,172.6 |
Establishment costs |  |  | 380.7 |  |  |  | 433.7 |  |  |  | 871.7 |
Media pass-through costs |  |  | 818.8 |  |  |  | 740.9 |  |  |  | 1,458.0 |
Data collection pass-through costs |  |  | 297.4 |  |  |  | 286.6 |  |  |  | 609.2 |
Other costs of services and general and administrative costs1 |  |  | 1,313.4 |  |  |  | 1,157.0 |  |  |  | 3,059.5 |
|  |  | 6,943.0 |  |  |  | 6,650.8 |  |  |  | 14,171.0 |
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1 | Other costs of services and general and administrative costs include £350.9 million (period ended 30 June 2018: £316.3 million; year ended 31 December 2018: £708.6 million) of other pass-through costs.
Staff costs include:
|  | Six months ended 30 June 2019 |  |  | Six months ended 30 June 2018 |  |  | Year ended 31 December 2018 |
|  | £m |  |  | £m |  |  | £m |
Wages and salaries |  |  | 2,890.2 |  |  |  | 2,805.4 |  |  |  | 5,710.0 |
Cash-based incentive plans |  |  | 77.2 |  |  |  | 74.1 |  |  |  | 240.7 |
Share-based incentive plans |  |  | 32.5 |  |  |  | 41.6 |  |  |  | 84.8 |
Social security costs |  |  | 376.2 |  |  |  | 367.7 |  |  |  | 717.5 |
Pension costs |  |  | 98.5 |  |  |  | 93.1 |  |  |  | 191.2 |
Severance |  |  | 17.9 |  |  |  | 16.8 |  |  |  | 37.5 |
Other staff costs |  |  | 640.2 |  |  |  | 633.9 |  |  |  | 1,190.9 |
|  |  | 4,132.7 |  |  |  | 4,032.6 |  |  |  | 8,172.6 |
Other costs of services and general and administrative costs include:
|  | Six months ended 30 June 2019 |  |  | Six months ended 30 June 2018 |  |  | Year ended 31 December 2018 |
|  | £m |  |  | £m |  |  | £m |
Amortisation and impairment of acquired intangible assets |  |  | 66.9 |  |  |  | 84.0 |  |  |  | 280.0 |
Goodwill impairment |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 183.9 |
Gains on disposal of investments and subsidiaries |  |  | (40.6 | ) |  |  | (189.9 | ) |  |  | (235.5 | )
Gains on remeasurement of equity interests arising from a change in scope of ownership |  |  | (0.4 | ) |  |  | (0.1 | ) |  |  | (2.0 | )
Investment write-downs |  |  | — |  |  |  | 1.5 |  |  |  | 2.0 |
Restructuring and transformation costs |  |  | 55.4 |  |  |  | 45.5 |  |  |  | 302.3 |
Litigation settlement |  |  | (16.8 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Gain on sale of freehold property in New York |  |  | (7.9 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Depreciation of property, plant and equipment |  |  | 106.2 |  |  |  | 109.2 |  |  |  | 225.1 |
Amortisation of other intangible assets |  |  | 18.3 |  |  |  | 18.3 |  |  |  | 38.7 |
Depreciation of right-of-use assets |  |  | 168.4 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Short-term lease expense |  |  | 56.9 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Low-value lease expense |  |  | 1.7 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |

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