18 Other assets

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2007  2006 
£m  £m 
Sundry debtors  4,042  4,298 
Prepayments  551  658 
Accrued income  400  722 
Reinsurance assets  157  172 
Other assets  5,150  5,850 

Included in the above are balances of £3,859m (2006: £5,065m) expected to be recovered within no more than 12 months after the balance sheet date; and balances of £1,291m (2006: £785m) expected to be recovered more than 12 months after the balance sheet date.

Other assets comprise £3,966m (2006: £4,097m) of receivables which meet the definition of financial assets.