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Notes:

[a] These series may be affected by securitisations and loan transfers up to December 2009.

[b] This series is updated annually following the publication of relevant data by The Student Loans Company. An alternative measure, excluding student loans, is published each month. The equivalent series reference is available at www.bankofengland.co.uk/statistics/documents/iadb/notesiadb/mappingdoc.pdf. Further information can be found in Bankstats, July 2012, 'A new measure of consumer credit', available at www.bankofengland.co.uk/statistics/Documents/ms/articles/art1jul12.pdf.

[c] Mortgage Style Loans are no longer included in this series from April 2013 following their sale to a third party. For more information, see www.slc.co.uk/official-statistics.aspx.

[d] This series has been seasonally adjusted from January 2010. Prior to 2010, this series has not been seasonally adjusted as after examination it was found not to be significantly seasonal.

[e] Due to changes to reporting of securitised loans, along with related liabilities, the amount outstanding of this series has decreased by £171bn. The movement has been adjusted out of the flows for January 2010. For details, see the Monetary and Financial Statistics article http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/statistics/documents/ms/articles/art1feb10.pdf. (31 Jan 2010)

[f] Due to a restructuring of a reporting institution, amounts outstanding of lending by MFIs have fallen by £30bn, and amounts outstanding of lending by OSLs have increased by £30bn. This movement has been adjusted out of the flows for January 2010. (31 Jan 2010)

[g] The Office for National Statistics have recently completed a review of the Credit Grantors Survey and have re-examined the assumptions underlying this series. This has decreased the amount outstanding of credit card lending by £2bn and the amount outstanding of other unsecured lending by £8bn in January 2010. Flows of gross and net lending were not significantly affected. (31 Jan 2010)

[h] Due to a population change during December 2010 there was a switch of credit card lending from the MFI sector to the other specialist lenders' sector. This movement has been adjusted out of the credit card lending flows data. Amounts outstanding and flows for total unsecured lending were not affected. (31 Dec 2010)

[i] The Office for National Statistics regularly reviews its reporters to the Credit Grantors Survey. Due to a change in the reporting population, the amount outstanding of unsecured credit in January 2011 has decreased by £3.3bn from the level in December 2010. Of this credit card lending decreased by £0.4bn and other unsecured lending decreased by £2.9bn. These movements have been adjusted out of the lending flows for January 2011. (31 Jan 2011)