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Notes to the accounts

for the year ended 31 December 2007

4. Revenues and expenses - other disclosures

2007
£mn
2006
£mn
Included in revenues:
Property rental income 3.0 3.7
Net losses on foreign exchange1 (7.0) (36.4)
Aggregate amounts receivable under finance leases - 1.2
 
Net gains on financial assets and liabilities held at fair value through profit or loss 55.3 65.5
 
Carried interests and distributions from available-for-sale Private Equity financial assets 33.3 11.0
Other net gains on disposal of available-for-sale financial assets 6.9 13.7
Impairment of available-for-sale financial assets - (1.4)
Amounts recycled through revenues in respect of available-for-sale financial assets 40.2 23.3
 
Fee income arising from financial assets that are not at fair value through profit or loss - 0.2
 
Interest income receivable by Private Banking subsidiaries on financial assets not at fair value through profit or loss 128.8 112.8
Interest income receivable by Private Banking subsidiaries on financial assets at fair value through profit or loss 0.9 0.8
Interest expense payable by Private Banking subsidiaries on financial liabilities not at fair value through profit or loss (106.0) (90.8)
Net interest income in Private Banking subsidiaries 23.7 22.8

1Excludes foreign exchange on forward exchange contracts. Such gains and losses are included in net gains on financial assets and liabilities held at fair value through profit or loss.

2007
£mn
2006
£mn
Included in administrative expenses:
Salaries and other remuneration 357.1 299.6
Social security costs 34.6 30.1
Other pension costs (see note 5) 11.4 15.5
Employee benefits expense 403.1 345.2
 
Operating lease payments 26.0 25.0

The average number of employees employed by the Company and its subsidiary undertakings during the year was:

2007
Number
2006
Number
Full-time employees 2,516 2,338
Contract and temporary staff 289 295
2,805 2,633
 
They were employed as follows (all continuing operations):
Asset Management 2,471 2,292
Private Banking 301 314
Private Equity 24 18
Group 9 9
2,805 2,633

Included in administrative expenses:

Audit and non-audit fees

2007 2006
UK
£mn
Overseas
£mn
Total
£mn
UK
£mn
Overseas
£mn
Total
£mn
Audit fees for the Annual Accounts 0.6 - 0.6 0.3 - 0.3
Year-end audit services to the
  subsidiaries of the Company
0.6 1.0 1.6 0.8 0.9 1.7
Other audit services provided
  pursuant to legislation
0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.3
Tax services 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.1 0.2 0.3
Other services 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.2 - 0.2
1.7 1.6 3.3 1.6 1.2 2.8
Included in net finance income: 2007
£mn
2006
£mn
Bank interest receivable 7.8 7.0
Other interest receivable on financial assets not at fair value through profit or loss 2.7 0.5
Interest on financial assets held at fair value through profit or loss 12.6 12.6
Interest receivable and similar income 23.1 20.1
 
Interest payable on bank loans and overdrafts - 0.2
Other interest payable on financial liabilities not at fair value through profit or loss (0.5) (1.2)
Interest payable and similar charges (0.5) (1.4)