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SME Lending within UK postcodes
Trends covering member lending to UK small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). Data is shown for loans and overdrafts across postcode sectors and meets a commitment to government to transparency about the geographical spread of lending.
Latest Data - Q1 2020
Q1 2020 SME borrowing |
GB |
NI |
|---|---|---|
Publishable at postcode sector level (£bn) |
72.5 |
4.5 |
Publishable only at postcode area level (£bn) |
14.1 |
1.0 |
of which: Lending in sectors redacted to preserve confidentiality (£bn) |
13.7 |
0.7 |
of which: Other lending which cannot be allocated at sector level, but included at Area level (£ bn) |
0.4 |
0.2 |
Total lending publishable (£ bn) |
86.7 |
5.5 |
Number of sectors publishable at postcode sector level |
7,311 |
208 |
Number of sectors redacted to preserve customer confidentiality |
2,178 |
32 |
Please be aware there is a break in series resulting in an increase between the quarter 1 and quarter 2 2019 mortgage data due to one mortgage provider restructuring the coverage of their postcode lending mortgage data.
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GB SME Lending (loans and overdrafts) XLSX
