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Notes to the Parent Company Financial Statements continued

for the year ended 31 December 2007

5 Called-up share capital

  2007   2006
  Number £m   Number £m
Authorised          
Ordinary shares of 1p each 940,000,000     940,000,000  
Issued and fully paid share capital          
At 1 January and 31 December 920,524,047 9.2   920,524,047 9.2

Details of the Company's share option schemes are provided in Note 31 of the Consolidated Financial Statements.