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Notes:

[a] Please note that the compilation and descriptions of some credit series have changed from publication of April 2015 data, as described in Bankstats, April 2015, 'Changes to the treatment of loan transfers and lending to housing associations', available at www.bankofengland.co.uk/statistics/Documents/ms/articles/art1apr15.pdf.

[b] This series includes purchases of bonds made as part of the Bank of England's Corporate Bond Purchase Scheme. Data on Central Bank holdings of securities can be found in Bankstats Table B2.2. For further information on the Bank's treatment of securities transactions in credit statistics, see: www.bankofengland.co.uk/statistics/Documents/articles/2015/2may.pdf.

[c] Due to loan transfers out of the UK MFI population, the amounts outstanding has been reduced by £6.5bn. These effects have been adjusted out of the flows for October 2010. (31 Oct 2010)

[d] Due to loan transfers out of the UK MFI population, the amounts outstanding has been reduced by £2bn. These effects have been adjusted out of the flows for November 2010. (30 Nov 2010)

[e] Due to loan transfers out of the UK MFI population, the amounts outstanding has been reduced by £6bn. These effects have been adjusted out of the flows for December 2010. (31 Dec 2010)

[f] Due to changes to reporting of intra-group activity, the amount outstanding of this series has decreased by £84bn. The movement has been adjusted out of the flows for January 2011. For further details please see http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/statistics/documents/ms/articles/art1feb11.pdf. (31 Jan 2011)

[g] Due to loan transfers out of the UK MFI population, the amounts outstanding has been reduced by £2.5bn. These effects have been adjusted out of the flows for February 2011. (28 Feb 2011)

[h] Due to reporting process improvements at one institution, the amount outstanding of this series has decreased by £2bn. The movement has been adjusted out of the flows for October 2011. (31 Oct 2011)

[i] Due to a change in accounting treatment at one reporting institution, the amounts outstanding increased by £7bn. This effect has been adjusted out of the flows for June 2012. (30 Jun 2012)

[j] Due to improvements in reporting at one institution, the amounts outstanding increased by £4bn. This effect has been adjusted out of the flows for November 2012. (30 Nov 2012)

[k] Due to a change in the reporting population, this series has decreased by £8bn. The effect has been adjusted out of the flows for December 2012. (31 Dec 2012)

[l] Due to a change in the reporting population, the amounts outstanding has decreased by £8 billion. The effect has been adjusted out of the flows for January 2013. (31 Jan 2013)

[m] Due to a restructuring at one reporting institution, the amounts outstanding increased by £2bn. This effect has been adjusted out of the flows for January 2013. (31 Jan 2013)

[n] Due to improvements in reporting at one institution, the amounts outstanding increased by £6bn. This effect has been adjusted out of the flows for February 2013. (28 Feb 2013)

[o] Due to improvements in reporting at one institution, the amounts outstanding decreased by £2bn. This effect has been adjusted out of the flows for May 2013. (31 May 2013)

[p] Due to a restructuring at one reporting institution, the amounts outstanding decreased by £3bn. This effect has been adjusted out of the flows for November 2013. (30 Nov 2013)

[q] Due to improvements in reporting at one institution, the amounts outstanding decreased by £4bn. This effect has been adjusted out of the flows for January 2014. (31 Jan 2014)

[r] The compilation of some credit series has changed from February 2014, as described in Bankstats, January 2015, `Improvements to the compilation of M4 lending excluding intermediate OFCs series and the publication of additional Monetary Financial Institutions' data', available at www.bankofengland.co.uk/statistics/Documents/ms/articles/art1jan15.pdf. (28 Feb 2014)

[s] From February 2014 data onwards, transfers of quoted shares are omitted from net securities flows. This improvement is described in Bankstats, May 2015, 'Changes to the treatment of securities transactions in the Bank of England's monetary statistics', available at www.bankofengland.co.uk/statistics/Documents/articles/2015/2may.pdf. (28 Feb 2014)

[t] Due to a change in treatment at one institution, the amounts outstanding decreased by £4bn.  This effect has been adjusted out of the flows for April 2015. (30 Apr 2015)

[u] Due to improvements in reporting at one institution, the amounts outstanding decreased by £28bn. This effect has been adjusted out of the flows for April 2015. (30 Apr 2015)

[v] Due to a loan transfer by one reporting institution, the amounts outstanding increased by £7bn.  This effect has been adjusted out of the flows for April 2016. (30 Apr 2016)

[w] In order to bring reporting in line with the National Accounts, English housing associations were reclassified from PNFCs to public corporations with effect from July 2017 data. The amounts outstanding decreased by £34bn. This effect has been adjusted out of the flows for July 2017. (31 Jul 2017)

[x] Due to improvements in reporting by one institution, the amounts outstanding increased by £6bn. This amount has been adjusted out of the flows for September 2017. (30 Sep 2017)

[y] Due to a change in group structure by one reporting institution, the amounts outstanding increased by £6bn. This effect has been adjusted out of the flows for September 2017. (30 Sep 2017)

[z] Due to improvements in reporting at one institution, the amounts outstanding increased by £6bn. This effect has been adjusted out of the flows for February 2018. (28 Feb 2018)