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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 183654
28 Feb 05 184816
31 Mar 05 186274
30 Apr 05 186817
31 May 05 187894
30 Jun 05 189051
31 Jul 05 189558
31 Aug 05 190562
30 Sep 05 190741
31 Oct 05 191343
30 Nov 05 191657
31 Dec 05 191583
31 Jan 06 192179
28 Feb 06 191990
31 Mar 06 191396
30 Apr 06 191600
31 May 06 191965
30 Jun 06 191365
31 Jul 06 191263
31 Aug 06 191429
30 Sep 06 191278
31 Oct 06 191275
30 Nov 06 190912
31 Dec 06 190900
31 Jan 07 190996
28 Feb 07 190817
31 Mar 07 190937
30 Apr 07 191079
31 May 07 191053
30 Jun 07 190948
31 Jul 07 191389
31 Aug 07 191702
30 Sep 07 193000
31 Oct 07 195049
30 Nov 07 195451
31 Dec 07 195701
31 Jan 08 202027
29 Feb 08 203020
31 Mar 08 203212
30 Apr 08 203332
31 May 08 204009
30 Jun 08 203084
31 Jul 08 207717
31 Aug 08 207951
30 Sep 08 208314
31 Oct 08 205317
30 Nov 08 204585
31 Dec 08 203584
31 Jan 09 188686
28 Feb 09 188534
31 Mar 09 187016
30 Apr 09 186666
31 May 09 186968
30 Jun 09 185860
31 Jul 09 184953
31 Aug 09 183007
30 Sep 09 182653
31 Oct 09 181558
30 Nov 09 180610
31 Dec 09 179567
31 Jan 10 188852
28 Feb 10 186294
31 Mar 10 183815
30 Apr 10 182299
31 May 10 180294
30 Jun 10 178821
31 Jul 10 178027
31 Aug 10 176952
30 Sep 10 175800
31 Oct 10 175140
30 Nov 10 173469
31 Dec 10 172608
31 Jan 11 171201
28 Feb 11 170272
31 Mar 11 168848
30 Apr 11 168205
31 May 11 166815
30 Jun 11 166146
31 Jul 11 165247
31 Aug 11 164731
30 Sep 11 163497
31 Oct 11 162562
30 Nov 11 161818
31 Dec 11 160582
31 Jan 12 160535
29 Feb 12 159580
31 Mar 12 159606
30 Apr 12 158313
31 May 12 158036
30 Jun 12 158171
31 Jul 12 157435
31 Aug 12 156789
30 Sep 12 157262
31 Oct 12 156457
30 Nov 12 155739
31 Dec 12 157051
31 Jan 13 156633
28 Feb 13 156382
31 Mar 13 156167
30 Apr 13 156115
31 May 13 156353
30 Jun 13 156414
31 Jul 13 157791
31 Aug 13 158248
30 Sep 13 158565
31 Oct 13 158416
30 Nov 13 158453
31 Dec 13 158384
31 Jan 14 159193
28 Feb 14 159424
31 Mar 14 160140
30 Apr 14 160453
31 May 14 160959
30 Jun 14 161089
31 Jul 14 162101
31 Aug 14 162690
30 Sep 14 165090
31 Oct 14 167925
30 Nov 14 168368
31 Dec 14 168936
31 Jan 15 171490
28 Feb 15 171153
31 Mar 15 172597
30 Apr 15 173120
31 May 15 173759
30 Jun 15 174492
31 Jul 15 176155
31 Aug 15 176821
30 Sep 15 176214
31 Oct 15 177261
30 Nov 15 178168
31 Dec 15 178850
31 Jan 16 180215
29 Feb 16 181368
31 Mar 16 183069
30 Apr 16 183760
31 May 16 184882
30 Jun 16 186260
31 Jul 16 187100
31 Aug 16 188320
30 Sep 16 189063
31 Oct 16 190434
30 Nov 16 192352
31 Dec 16 193200
31 Jan 17 194398
28 Feb 17 195983
31 Mar 17 197710
30 Apr 17 198577
31 May 17 200013
30 Jun 17 200923
31 Jul 17 201993
31 Aug 17 203189
30 Sep 17 204651
31 Oct 17 206010
30 Nov 17 207343
31 Dec 17 208722
31 Jan 18 209076
28 Feb 18 210857
31 Mar 18 211681
30 Apr 18 212941
31 May 18 214171
30 Jun 18 215242
31 Jul 18 215758
31 Aug 18 216644
30 Sep 18 217892
31 Oct 18 217955
30 Nov 18 218648
31 Dec 18 219069
31 Jan 19 219963
28 Feb 19 219940
31 Mar 19 220645
30 Apr 19 221075
31 May 19 221524
30 Jun 19 222053
31 Jul 19 222146
31 Aug 19 224124
30 Sep 19 224495
31 Oct 19 225034
30 Nov 19 225302
31 Dec 19 224287
31 Jan 20 224919
29 Feb 20 225200
31 Mar 20 221354
30 Apr 20 212653
31 May 20 207918
30 Jun 20 206685
31 Jul 20 207613
31 Aug 20 207577
30 Sep 20 206568
31 Oct 20 205619
30 Nov 20 203276
31 Dec 20 202153
31 Jan 21 200047
28 Feb 21 198604
31 Mar 21 198252
30 Apr 21 196779
31 May 21 197446
30 Jun 21 197314
31 Jul 21 198047
31 Aug 21 198540
30 Sep 21 198697
31 Oct 21 197370
30 Nov 21 198186
31 Dec 21 198396
31 Jan 22 198522
28 Feb 22 199483
31 Mar 22 200374
30 Apr 22 201788
31 May 22 202535
30 Jun 22 203153
31 Jul 22 204335
31 Aug 22 204940
30 Sep 22 205441
31 Oct 22 206013
30 Nov 22 206720
31 Dec 22 206712
31 Jan 23 209159
28 Feb 23 210485
31 Mar 23 211716
30 Apr 23 213386
31 May 23 213936
30 Jun 23 215186
31 Jul 23 216143
31 Aug 23 217464
30 Sep 23 218571
31 Oct 23 219635
30 Nov 23 221310
31 Dec 23 219265
31 Jan 24 221174
29 Feb 24 222139
31 Mar 24 223329
30 Apr 24 227120
31 May 24 228739

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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)