25/03/2013

UKAR Repay Taxpayer £4bn In 2012

£4bn was paid back to UK taxpayers in 2012 by UK Asset Resolution (UKAR), the government-owned company incorporating Northern Rock (Asset Management) and Bradford & Bingley.

The repayment included £3.1bn of loan repayments and was up on the £2.8bn repaid in 2011, UKAR said as it announced its full-year results.

Adding that it saw the number of mortgages three or more months in arrears fall by 23% to 25,581.

However, the company still owes the Treasury £43.4bn.

UKAR chairman Richard Pym said: "We still have a long way to go, but it remains our expectation and determination to repay that debt in full."

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