Lending to and deposits from the UK public sector (PB) return

Key facts

Data to be reported:	Lending to and deposits from the public sector in the UK  Financial vehicle corporations include entities such as financial vehicle holding companies, securitisation vehicles, funding companies and securitisation trustees. If you have any questions regarding the inclusion of any financial institution, please contact the Bank using the contact email address for Form FV. Close
Who has to report:	Reporting institutions who The Bank of England have agreed can report their BT form by working day 12 rather than working day 9 Check who needs to submit returns
Data uses:	Multiple, including: Bankstats tables (Bank of England) Public sector finances (ONS) National accounts (ONS)
Frequency:	Monthly
Coverage:	Go to reporting criteria to find detailed calculations used to determine eligibility

Deadlines

Firms need to report figures as at the last calendar day of the reporting period.

Go to reporting criteria to download deadlines for all returns for all available years.

Reporting period	Reporters impacted	Deadline (5pm UK time)	Concessionary deadline (5pm UK time)

Deadlines for 2027 will be released in November 2026.

Instructions

Overview of reported data

This return captures reporting institutions’ business with public sector counterparties (central government, local government and public corporations). It includes breakdowns by:

• assets, including loans and investments
• liabilities, including deposits
• other items, including acceptances

It also captures:

• currency breakdowns – sterling, euro, other – with foreign currencies to be reported in sterling
• breakdown of public sector classifications

In every return firms also need to include:

• their company name
• their legal entity identifier (LEI) or firm reference number (FRN)
• the first day of the reporting period
• the last day of the reporting period

Core documents

You can find detailed instructions in the documents below. 

Lending to and deposits from the UK public sector (PB) specific documents

Document	Notes for PB reporters	Last updated
Form PB presentation (PPSX)	Includes a high level overview of PB with tips for common reporting issues	4 May 2018
BoE statistics data point model (DPM) 1.3.0 (ZIP)	A folder containing two documents for defining all statistical reporting: annotated templates and a data dictionary The Table of Contents worksheet in the annotated templates shows reporting templates relating to form PB	24 Oct 2022
PB definitions (PDF)	Includes details of what’s in scope and definitions of PB-specific terms. These definitions should be read in conjunction with the definitions to Form BT and specifically the similarly numbered items therein.	1 Feb 2015
BoE statistics validations 1.3.0 (XLSX)	Business validations for cross-checking data points within form PB and the suite of other statistical returns View column O for a clearly worded description	24 Oct 2022

All statistical returns

Document	Notes for all reporters	Last updated
Classification of accounts guide (PDF)	Includes detailed guidance on how to classify counterparties plus country lists	24 Apr 2024
General notes and definitions (PDF)	Includes an introduction to preparing returns and definitions of common terms	24 Apr 2024