LIABILITIES ARISING FROM NON-PARTICIPATING INVESTMENT CONTRACTS (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

Disclosure of investment contracts liabilities [text block] [Abstract]

Disclosure of investment contract liabilities explanatory

	2017			2016
	£m			£m
At 1 January		20,112			22,777
New business		608			560
Changes in existing business		(5,273	)		(3,225	)
At 31 December		15,447			20,112