15 Loans and advances to banks and customers
| 2007 | 2006 | |||||||||||||
| £m | £m | |||||||||||||
| Loans and advances to banks | 40,123 | 30,930 | ||||||||||||
| Less: Allowance for impairment | (3) | (4) | ||||||||||||
| Loans and advances to banks | 40,120 | 30,926 | ||||||||||||
| Loans and advances to customers | 349,167 | 285,631 | ||||||||||||
| Less: Allowance for impairment | (3,769) | (3,331) | ||||||||||||
| Loans and advances to customers | 345,398 | 282,300 | ||||||||||||