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Notes to the Group accounts

4 Net interest income

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  Weighted average effective interest rate    
  2007
%
2006
%
2007
£m
2006
£m
Interest receivable:        
Loans and advances to customers 6.89 6.21 13,209 10,853
Loans and advances to banks 5.14 4.72 2,025 1,826
Lease and hire purchase receivables 6.34 5.97 602 622
Interest receivable on loans and receivables 6.58 5.94 15,836 13,301
Available-for-sale financial assets 4.83 4.39 1,038 807
Total interest receivable 6.44 5.82 16,874 14,108
Interest payable:        
Deposits from banks 5.00 4.67 (1,919) (1,680)
Customer accounts 3.58 2.91 (5,085) (3,738)
Debt securities in issue 5.08 4.67 (2,680) (1,983)
Subordinated liabilities 5.65 5.72 (741) (694)
Liabilities under sale and repurchase agreements 4.81 4.35 (155) (260)
Interest payable on liabilities held at amortised cost 4.24 3.71 (10,580) (8,355)
Other 4.28 9.68 (195) (424)
Total interest payable 4.24 3.82 (10,775) (8,779)
Net interest income     6,099 5,329

Included within interest receivable is £395 million (2006: £297 million) in respect of impaired financial assets. Net interest income also includes a credit of £1 million (2006: charge of £1 million) transferred from the cash flow hedging reserve (note 41).