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Bank and building societies loan write-offs in United Kingdom from 2012-2017

Quarterly loan write-offs by banks and building societies in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2nd quarter 2012 to 4th quarter 2017 (Figures are expressed in millions of British Pounds, except where otherwise indicated)
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The data depicts the value of loan write-offs for banks and building societies in the UK from the second quarter of 2012 to the fourth quarter of 2017. It can be seen that the total value of loan write-offs decreased overall during this period, reaching a value of 928 million GBP as of the fourth quarter of 2017. This was a decrease of nearly 2.3 billion GBP in comparison to the second quarter of 2012, when over 3.2 billion GBP of loan write-offs were recorded by banks and building societies. Although this was the case, the biggest value of loan write-offs were recorded in the fourth quarter of 2014, a total of almost 3.

Q2 '12 3207
Q3 '12 2580
Q4 '12 2992
Q1 '13 2823
Q2 '13 2328
Q3 '13 2573
Q4 '13 2533
Q1 '14 2749
Q2 '14 1594
Q3 '14 1879
Q4 '14 3638
Q1 '15 1680
Q2 '15 1399
Q3 '15 1478
Q4 '15 1721
Q1 '16 1091
Q2 '16 1266
Q3 '16 1434
Q4 '16 1191
Q1 '17 1021
Q2 '17 955
Q3 '17 816
Q4 17 928