LIABILITIES ARISING FROM NON-PARTICIPATING INVESTMENT CONTRACTS (Details) - GBP (£) £ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
LIABILITIES ARISING FROM NON-PARTICIPATING INVESTMENT CONTRACTS (Details) [Line Items]
Reinsurance assets	£ 602	£ 714
Arising from non-participating investment contracts [Member]
LIABILITIES ARISING FROM NON-PARTICIPATING INVESTMENT CONTRACTS (Details) [Line Items]
Reinsurance assets	£ 26	£ 29

The amount of a cedant’s net contractual rights under a reinsurance contract.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Name IFRS
-Number 4
-IssueDate 2016-01-13
-Paragraph 37
-Subparagraph e
-URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/XBRL?type=IFRS&num=4&date=2016-03-30&anchor=para_37_e&doctype=Standard
-URIDate 2016-03-31

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Data Type:	xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type:	debit
Period Type:	instant