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Date Monthly amounts outstanding of total (excluding the Student Loans Company) sterling consumer credit lending to individuals (in sterling millions) seasonally adjusted
[a] [b] [c] [d] [e] [f] [g] [g] [h] [i] [j] [k] [k] [l] [l] [m] [n] [o] [p] [q] [r] [s] [t] [t] [u] [v] [w] [x] [y] [z] [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27]
LPMBI2O
31 Jan 05 183655
28 Feb 05 184809
31 Mar 05 186279
30 Apr 05 186812
31 May 05 187891
30 Jun 05 189056
31 Jul 05 189567
31 Aug 05 190551
30 Sep 05 190737
31 Oct 05 191345
30 Nov 05 191660
31 Dec 05 191584
31 Jan 06 192188
28 Feb 06 191990
31 Mar 06 191398
30 Apr 06 191594
31 May 06 191962
30 Jun 06 191366
31 Jul 06 191279
31 Aug 06 191405
30 Sep 06 191277
31 Oct 06 191286
30 Nov 06 190908
31 Dec 06 190903
31 Jan 07 191005
28 Feb 07 190821
31 Mar 07 190940
30 Apr 07 191062
31 May 07 191044
30 Jun 07 190951
31 Jul 07 191421
31 Aug 07 191682
30 Sep 07 193000
31 Oct 07 195058
30 Nov 07 195444
31 Dec 07 195696
31 Jan 08 202028
29 Feb 08 203016
31 Mar 08 203207
30 Apr 08 203326
31 May 08 204001
30 Jun 08 203078
31 Jul 08 207752
31 Aug 08 207943
30 Sep 08 208310
31 Oct 08 205313
30 Nov 08 204587
31 Dec 08 203584
31 Jan 09 188688
28 Feb 09 188537
31 Mar 09 187016
30 Apr 09 186658
31 May 09 186968
30 Jun 09 185861
31 Jul 09 184972
31 Aug 09 183007
30 Sep 09 182652
31 Oct 09 181557
30 Nov 09 180606
31 Dec 09 179562
31 Jan 10 188856
28 Feb 10 186301
31 Mar 10 183810
30 Apr 10 182293
31 May 10 180295
30 Jun 10 178824
31 Jul 10 178041
31 Aug 10 176953
30 Sep 10 175795
31 Oct 10 175142
30 Nov 10 173472
31 Dec 10 172601
31 Jan 11 171199
28 Feb 11 170272
31 Mar 11 168839
30 Apr 11 168205
31 May 11 166819
30 Jun 11 166146
31 Jul 11 165251
31 Aug 11 164733
30 Sep 11 163494
31 Oct 11 162558
30 Nov 11 161822
31 Dec 11 160579
31 Jan 12 160540
29 Feb 12 159586
31 Mar 12 159600
30 Apr 12 158311
31 May 12 158033
30 Jun 12 158173
31 Jul 12 157438
31 Aug 12 156783
30 Sep 12 157266
31 Oct 12 156461
30 Nov 12 155737
31 Dec 12 157045
31 Jan 13 156631
28 Feb 13 156380
31 Mar 13 156165
30 Apr 13 156123
31 May 13 156350
30 Jun 13 156418
31 Jul 13 157794
31 Aug 13 158245
30 Sep 13 158563
31 Oct 13 158415
30 Nov 13 158454
31 Dec 13 158385
31 Jan 14 159188
28 Feb 14 159417
31 Mar 14 160133
30 Apr 14 160468
31 May 14 160959
30 Jun 14 161088
31 Jul 14 162098
31 Aug 14 162690
30 Sep 14 165095
31 Oct 14 167922
30 Nov 14 168371
31 Dec 14 168938
31 Jan 15 171486
28 Feb 15 171142
31 Mar 15 172590
30 Apr 15 173148
31 May 15 173760
30 Jun 15 174497
31 Jul 15 176148
31 Aug 15 176822
30 Sep 15 176217
31 Oct 15 177260
30 Nov 15 178165
31 Dec 15 178849
31 Jan 16 180215
29 Feb 16 181346
31 Mar 16 183055
30 Apr 16 183803
31 May 16 184883
30 Jun 16 186256
31 Jul 16 187098
31 Aug 16 188322
30 Sep 16 189055
31 Oct 16 190429
30 Nov 16 192358
31 Dec 16 193205
31 Jan 17 194401
28 Feb 17 195968
31 Mar 17 197691
30 Apr 17 198632
31 May 17 200012
30 Jun 17 200915
31 Jul 17 201978
31 Aug 17 203183
30 Sep 17 204646
31 Oct 17 206012
30 Nov 17 207345
31 Dec 17 208734
31 Jan 18 209090
28 Feb 18 210844
31 Mar 18 211671
30 Apr 18 212968
31 May 18 214164
30 Jun 18 215237
31 Jul 18 215746
31 Aug 18 216634
30 Sep 18 217892
31 Oct 18 217957
30 Nov 18 218651
31 Dec 18 219078
31 Jan 19 219982
28 Feb 19 219930
31 Mar 19 220642
30 Apr 19 221082
31 May 19 221510
30 Jun 19 222056
31 Jul 19 222130
31 Aug 19 224117
30 Sep 19 224488
31 Oct 19 225028
30 Nov 19 225313
31 Dec 19 224313
31 Jan 20 224946
29 Feb 20 225202
31 Mar 20 221359
30 Apr 20 212627
31 May 20 207902
30 Jun 20 206691
31 Jul 20 207589
31 Aug 20 207572
30 Sep 20 206570
31 Oct 20 205613
30 Nov 20 203288
31 Dec 20 202189
31 Jan 21 200077
28 Feb 21 198625
31 Mar 21 198262
30 Apr 21 196737
31 May 21 197397
30 Jun 21 197329
31 Jul 21 198032
31 Aug 21 198529
30 Sep 21 198683
31 Oct 21 197349
30 Nov 21 198225
31 Dec 21 198463
31 Jan 22 198545
28 Feb 22 199511
31 Mar 22 200404
30 Apr 22 201737
31 May 22 202435
30 Jun 22 203162
31 Jul 22 204325
31 Aug 22 204904
30 Sep 22 205403
31 Oct 22 205950
30 Nov 22 206810
31 Dec 22 206855
31 Jan 23 209202
28 Feb 23 210542
31 Mar 23 211768
30 Apr 23 213314
31 May 23 213762
30 Jun 23 215187
31 Jul 23 216116
31 Aug 23 217379
30 Sep 23 218508
31 Oct 23 219542
30 Nov 23 221477
31 Dec 23 219504
31 Jan 24 221259
29 Feb 24 222223
31 Mar 24 223412
30 Apr 24 227042
31 May 24 228526
30 Jun 24 229542
31 Jul 24 230477
31 Aug 24 231445
30 Sep 24 232455
31 Oct 24 232458
30 Nov 24 232701
31 Dec 24 233616
31 Jan 25 234984
28 Feb 25 235962
31 Mar 25 236065
30 Apr 25 237501
31 May 25 237942

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[a] Owing to the seasonal adjustment of this series, it may not equal the sum of its institutional breakdown. The residual can be found on the Bank's Interactive Database (LPMB5TF).

[b] The level of credit card lending has been reduced by £0.3bn following the securitisation of a credit card portfolio to an associated non-resident company. The movement has been adjusted out of the net flows for March 2005. (31 Mar 2005)

[c] The level of credit card lending has been reduced by £0.3bn following the transfer of a credit card portfolio to an associated non-resident company. The movement has been adjusted out of the net flows for April 2005. (30 Apr 2005)

[d] The level of credit card lending has been reduced by £0.5bn following the securitisation of a credit card portfolio to an associated non-resident company. The movement has been adjusted out of the net flows for September 2005. (30 Sep 2005)

[e] The amount outstanding of credit card lending has been reduced by £0.8bn following the transfer of a portfolio to a non-resident company. This movement has been adjusted out of the net flows for February 2006. (28 Feb 2006)

[f] The amount outstanding of credit card lending has been reduced by £0.3bn following the transfer of a portfolio to a non-resident company. This movement has been adjusted out of the net flows for March 2006. (31 Mar 2006)

[g] The amount outstanding of credit card lending has been reduced by £0.2bn following the transfer of portfolios to non-resident companies. This movement has been adjusted out of the net flows for May 2006. (LPMBI2O=31 May 2006) (LPMBI2O=30 Jun 2006)

[h] The amount outstanding of credit card lending has been reduced by £0.5bn following the transfer of a portfolio to a non-resident company. This movement has been adjusted out of the net flows for June 2006. (30 Jun 2006)

[i] The amount outstanding of credit card lending has been reduced by £0.5bn following the transfer of a portfolio to a non-resident company. This movement has been adjusted out of the net flows for June 2006. (30 Jun 2006)

[j] The amount outstanding for other unsecured lending has been reduced by £0.2bn following the sale of a portfolio to a non-resident company. This movement has been adjusted out of the net flows for July 2006. (31 Jul 2006)

[k] The amount outstanding of credit card lending has been reduced by £0.4bn following the transfer of a portfolio to a non-resident company. This movement has been adjusted out of the net flows for November 2006. (30 Nov 2006)

[l] The amount outstanding of credit card lending has been increased by £0.4bn following the transfer of portfolios from non-resident companies. This movement has been adjusted out of the net flows for May 2007. (LPMBI2O=31 May 2007) (LPMBI2O=30 Jun 2007)

[m] The amount outstanding of credit card lending has been increased by £0.5bn following the transfer of a portfolio from a non-resident company. This movement has been adjusted out of the net flows for September 2007. (30 Sep 2007)

[n] Second charge mortgages were reclassifed from lending secured on dwellings to other loans and advances in September. This movement has been adjusted out of the net flows for September. Amounts outstanding have not been adjusted. (30 Sep 2007)

[o] The Other Consumer Credit Lenders series are affected by the restructure of businesses in October 2007. Flows have been reduced to remove this effect. Amounts outstanding have not been adjusted. (31 Oct 2007)

[p] The amount outstanding of credit card lending has increased by £0.3bn following transfers of portfolios from non-resident companies. This movement has been adjusted out of net flows for October 2007. (31 Oct 2007)

[q] The amount outstanding of credit card lending has increased by £0.3bn following the transfer of a portfolio from a non-resident company. This movement has been adjusted out of the net flows for November 2007. (30 Nov 2007)

[r] The amount outstanding of other loans and advances by building societies has increased by £0.5bn, following a reclassification of loans by one institution. This movement has been adjusted out of the net lending flows for January. (31 Jan 2008)

[s] The amount outstanding of credit card lending has increased by £0.5bn following the transfer of a portfolio from a non-resident company. This movement has been adjusted out of the net flows for May 2008. (31 May 2008)

[t] The amount outstanding of credit card lending has been reduced by £0.4bn following the transfer of a portfolio to a non-resident company. This movement has been adjusted out of the net flows for June 2008. (30 Jun 2008)

[u] Following a review of the compilation of other consumer credit lenders' data, the amount outstanding of credit card lending has been reduced by £1.3bn in July 2008. This movement has been adjusted out of the net flows for July 2008. (31 Jul 2008)

[v] Following a review of the compilation of other consumer credit lenders' data, the amount outstanding of other loans and advances has increased by £5.5bn in July 2008. This movement has been adjusted out of the net flows for July 2008. (31 Jul 2008)

[w] The amount outstanding of credit card lending increased by £1.0bn, because a UK-resident bank increased its share holding in a non-resident company. This movement has been adjusted out of the net flows for September 2008. (30 Sep 2008)

[x] The amount outstanding of credit card lending fell by £2.7bn following the transfer of a portfolio to a non-resident company. This movement has been adjusted out of the net flows for October 2008. (31 Oct 2008)

[y] The amount outstanding of credit card lending rose by £0.1bn following the desecuritisation of a credit card portfolio to a UK bank from an associated non-resident company. This movement has been adjusted out of the lending flows for January 2009. (31 Jan 2009)

[z] Due to a change in the reporting population and the introduction of methodological improvements to The Office for National Statistic¿s Credit Grantors Survey, the amount outstanding of unsecured credit in January 2009 has decreased by £14.4bn from the level in December 2008. Of this, credit card lending decreased by £1.4bn and other unsecured lending decreased by £13.0bn. These movements have been adjusted out of the lending flows for January 2009. (31 Jan 2009)

[1] The amount outstanding of credit card lending rose by £0.1bn following the desecuritisation of a credit card portfolio to a UK bank from an associated non-resident company. This movement has been adjusted out of the lending flows for February 2009. (28 Feb 2009)

[2] The amount outstanding of credit card lending fell by £0.3bn following the securitisation of a credit card portfolio from a UK bank to an associated non-resident company . This movement has been adjusted out of the lending flows for March 2009. (31 Mar 2009)

[3] The amount outstanding of credit card lending increased by £0.4bn following the desecuritisation of credit card portfolios from several UK banks to associated non-resident companies. This movement has been adjusted out of the lending flows for April 2009. (30 Apr 2009)

[4] The amount outstanding of credit card lending increased by £1.5bn following the desecuritisation of credit card portfolios to several UK banks from associated non-resident companies. This movement has been adjusted out of the lending flows for May 2009. (31 May 2009)

[5] The amount outstanding of credit card lending increased by £0.5bn following transfers of credit card portfolios between several UK banks and associated non-resident companies.This movement has been adjusted out of the lending flows for June 2009. (30 Jun 2009)

[6] The amount outstanding of credit card lending increased by £0.3bn following the desecuritisation of credit card portfolios to several UK banks from associated non-resident companies.This movement has been adjusted out of the lending flows for July 2009. (31 Jul 2009)

[7] The amount outstanding of credit card lending increased by £0.6bn following the desecuritisation of credit card portfolios to several UK banks from associated non-resident companies. This movement has been adjusted out of the lending flows for September 2009. (30 Sep 2009)

[8] The amount outstanding of credit card lending increased by £0.5bn following the desecuritisation of credit card portfolios to several UK banks from associated non-resident companies. This movement has been adjusted out of the lending flows for October 2009. (31 Oct 2009)

[9] The amount outstanding of credit card lending increased by £0.3bn following the desecuritisation of credit card portfolios to several UK banks from associated non-resident companies. This movement has been adjusted out of the lending flows for November 2009. (30 Nov 2009)

[10] The amount outstanding of credit card lending decreased by £0.1bn following the securitisation of credit card portfolios from a UK bank to an associated non-resident company. This movement has been adjusted out of the lending flows for December 2009. (31 Dec 2009)

[11] 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)

[12] Due to changes to reporting of securitised loans, along with related liabilities, the amount outstanding of this series has increased by £9bn. 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)

[13] 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)

[14] The level of other unsecured lending has been reduced by £0.3bn following the transfer of a loan portfolio to a non-resident company. The movement has been adjusted out of the net lending flows for May 2011. (31 May 2011)

[15] Due to improvements in reporting at one institution, the amounts outstanding decreased by £2bn. This effect has been adjusted out of the flows for January 2012. (31 Jan 2012)

[16] Due to a change in the reporting population, this series has increased by £0.5bn. The effect has been adjusted out of the flows for December 2012. (31 Dec 2012)

[17] Due to a restructuring at one reporting institution the amounts outstanding increased by £1bn. This effect has been adjusted out of the flows for January 2013. (31 Jan 2013)

[18] Following a purchase of loans by one reporting institution, the amounts outstanding increased by £2bn. This effect has been adjusted out of the flows for July 2013. (31 Jul 2013)

[19] Due to a change in the reporting population, the amounts outstanding increased by £2bn. The effect has been adjusted out of the flows for September 2014. (30 Sep 2014)

[20] Due to a loan transfer by one reporting institution, the amounts outstanding increased by £2bn. This effect has been adjusted out of the flows for October 2014. (31 Oct 2014)

[21] Due to improvements in reporting, the amounts outstanding increased by £1.7bn. This effect has been adjusted out of the flows for January 2015. (31 Jan 2015)

[22] Due to a loan transfer, the amounts outstanding decreased by £1.4bn. This effect has been adjusted out of the flows for September 2015. (30 Sep 2015)

[23] Due to a loan portfolio sale, the amounts outstanding decreased by £0.6bn. This effect has been adjusted out of the flows for December 2015. (31 Dec 2015)

[24] Due to changes in the reporting population, this series has decreased by around £1bn.  This effect has been adjusted out of the flows for January 2016. (31 Jan 2016)

[25] Due to improvements in reporting at one institution, the amounts outstanding decreased by £0.5bn. This effect has been adjusted out of the flows for January 2018. (31 Jan 2018)

[26] Due to improvements in reporting at one institution, the amounts outstanding increased by £0.6bn. This effect has been adjusted out of the flows for February 2018. (28 Feb 2018)

[27] The Office for National Statistics transferred their collection of monthly consumer credit data by 'other specialist lenders' to the Bank of England in April 2024. The Bank of England began collecting these data on 'Form MC' and made initial amendments to the reporting population. The overall impact of these amendments has been broadly balanced, with only a slight increase in the amounts outstanding, and some changes to gross lending and repayments series for consumer credit. (30 Apr 2024)