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              Definition of default                             Credit risk grades
                                                                                                                                      IFRS 9                                        Provisioning
              The Bank defines default where the loan is in arrears   The Bank allocates each exposure a credit risk grade            Stage    Definition                           Basis         Cure Criteria
              for four or more consecutive payments (i.e. over   (slot) using its Credit Grading Model. Each exposure
              90 days), the loan is linked to another account in   has been allocated a credit risk grade on initial                  Basis    Cure Criteria                        12 month      n/a
              default, the customer has been declared bankrupt,   recognition. Credit grades are formally reviewed                                                                  Expected
              or the company has been wound up, or a liquidator/  as a minimum on an annual basis. The grades are                                                                   Credit Losses
              administrator appointed. This is aligned to the   reassessed earlier if the customer falls into arrears                 Stage 2  The customer is at least             Lifetime      Movement back to stage 1 will
              regulatory definition of default.                 or contacts the Bank with information that impacts
                                                                its credit quality.                                                            30 days past due.                    Expected      only occur where the borrower
              Write‑off                                                                                                                        The customer is on the Bank’s watchlist,   Credit Losses  meets all of the following:
                                                                The table below presents the Bank’s loan portfolio
              A write-off is a direct reduction in a financial assets   split by slot. Each loan account is allocated a                        save for those accounts which have                   · Arrears have been fully
                                                                                                                                               been added as a result of the death
                                                                                                                                                                                                   cleared on the account.
              gross carrying value when there is no reasonable   slot between 1 and 4, with accounts in default                                of a customer, and where the death
              expectation of recovering the financial asset in its   allocated a slot 5.                                                       of that customer has not given rise                  · The account has been
              entirety or a portion thereof. A write-off therefore                                                                             to any significant increase in credit               ‘performing’ for a period of at
              constitutes a derecognition event. The Bank wrote-  Lending split                                                                risk as payments continue and are                   least 6 consecutive months.
              off £2.9m of loans in 2022 (2021: £1.4m). The Bank   by slot as at                                                               expected to continue to be made.                     · The account has met all terms of any
              has experienced a total of 23 write-offs on its REF   31 December   Stage 1  Stage 2  Stage 3   Total                                                                                forbearance measure granted and a
              portfolio and 14 write-offs on its AF portfolio since   2022      (£m)   (£m)    (£m)   (£m)                                     The underlying loan collateral is located           period of at least 6 consecutive months
              its inception in 2012. The Bank will write off all or                                                                            in a particular region or sector as                 has passed since the forbearance
              part of the gross carrying amount of a financial   1 – 2           571      –      –     571                                     defined by the Credit Committee.                    ending, and the account has been
              asset under the following circumstances:
                                                                3                150     43      –     193                                     Any other significant decline in credit             ‘performing’ for this period.
                 – Where the underlying collateral of a loan has   4              40    114      –     154                                     quality has been identified by the Bank.             · The account has been removed
                been sold, with the proceeds having been                                                                                       Management specifically                             from the Bank’s watchlist and is not
                received by the Bank, and there is no reasonable   5              –       –     24      24                                     place the case in stage 2                           considered to have increased credit risk
                expectation of recovering the remainder of the   Real Estate                                                                                                                       for internal risk management purposes.
                outstanding balance due;
                                                                Gross loans*     761    157     24     942
                 – The write-off has been approved in line with the                                                                                                                                 · There are no other indicators that
                                                                Asset Finance                                                                                                                      suggest credit risk has increased
                Bank’s policy; and
                                                                Gross loan*      104      5      4     113                                                                                         significantly since initial recognition.
                 – The Bank has explored reasonable avenues of
                                                              *  Includes effective interest rate                                                                                                   · There are no other connected
                recovering the outstanding loan amount.
                                                                                                                                                                                                   accounts which meet the
              The release of provisions and the write-off       The majority of slot 1 to 3 accounts relate to                                                                                     definition of a stage 2 asset.
              of any bad debt is subject to appropriate         performing loans where the loans are fully up to                      Stage 3  The account is over 90 days past due.  Lifetime    Movement from stage 3 back to
              delegated authorities.
                                                                date and no significant change in credit risk has                                                                   Expected      stage 2 will only occur when the
                                                                been identified.                                                               The customer has been                Credit Losses  borrower meets all of the following:
                                                                                                                                               declared bankrupt.
                                                                The majority of slot 4 loans are in stage 2 as a result                                                                             · The account is no longer more
                                                                of accounts falling into arrears or other deteriorating                        The company has been wound                          than 90 days past due.
                                                                credit factors having been identified, and the                                 up or a liquidator/administrator
                                                                account placed on the Bank’s Credit watch-list.                                has been appointed.                                  · No connected accounts are
                                                                                                                                               The account is part of a connected                  more than 90 days down.
                                                                All slot 5 customers are in stage 3 with the majority
                                                                categorised as being in default as a result of arrears                         exposure where the borrower meets                    · The customer has not been
                                                                in excess of 90 days.                                                          at least one of the above criteria                  more than 90 days down for a
                                                                                                                                               across any connected account.                       consecutive period of 3 months.
                                                                The Bank’s Asset Finance and Classic Car exposures
                                                                are allocated a Probability of Default (PD) at                                 These criteria can be overridden                   Where forbearance was extended, all
                                                                origination which is reviewed on a monthly basis.                              by Management if the account:                      terms of the forbearance agreement
                                                                The PD is calculated using the Moody’s Risk Calc                                  · Is not guaranteed by other                    were met, and full payments have
                                                                system. The exposures are allocated an IFRS 9 stage                             members of the group.                             been made for a consecutive
                                                                depending on the status of the account and the                                                                                    period of at least 3 months.
                                                                PD. Accounts which have triggered the Bank’s SICR                                 · Does not share the same security.               · The Bank are actively seeking
                                                                (Significant Increase In Credit Risk) criteria or are                             · Is a separate legal entity.                    resolution and have obtained
                                                                over 30 days in arrears are as a minimum in stage 2.                                                                               cooperation from the borrower
                                                                Accounts over 90 days in arrears or are considered                                · Is not deemed to spread contagion              to work to resolve the arrears.
                                                                unlikely to pay are classified in stage 3.                                      to other group members.
                                                                                                                                                  · The account is in forbearance                   · There are no other indicators of
                                                                Provisioning stages                                                             and that forbearance is                            default which would warrant the
                                                                                                                                                considered to be ‘significant’                     accounting remaining in stage 3.
                                                                Under IFRS 9 all the Bank’s lending exposures are
                                                                allocated a stage based on the current status of the                            (see relevant section below).
                                                                loan. The Bank has set the following definitions for                           Management judgement
                                                                each of the three stages within IFRS 9:
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