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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 a change in treatment at one institution, the amounts outstanding increased by £19bn. This effect has been adjusted out of the flows for January 2014. (31 Jan 2014)

[d] 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)

[e] 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)

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

[g] 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)

[h] 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)

[i] Due to improvements in reporting at one institution, the amounts outstanding increased by £3bn. This effect has been adjusted out of the flows for June 2016. (30 Jun 2016)

[j] Due to improvements in reporting at one institution, the amounts outstanding increased by £10bn. This effect has been adjusted out of the flows for June 2017. (30 Jun 2017)

[k] 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)

[l] 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)

[m] Due to improvements in reporting by one institution, the amounts outstanding increased by £11bn. This amount has been adjusted out of the flows for September 2017. (30 Sep 2017)

[n] In order to bring reporting in line with the National Accounts, English housing associations were reclassified from public corporations to PNFCs with effect from April 2018 data. The amounts outstanding increased by £34bn. This effect has been adjusted out of the flows for April 2018. (30 Apr 2018)

[o] Due to improvements in reporting at one institution, the amounts outstanding increased by £5bn. This effect has been adjusted out of the flows for September 2018. (30 Sep 2018)