"Figure 4: Total debt increased in April 2016 to March 2018 for loans, hire purchase and credit, store and charge card debt","" "Total financial debt by type of borrowing, Great Britain, April 2014 to March 2018","" "","" "Notes","1. Figures have been deflated to April 2016 to March 2018 prices using the Consumer Prices Index including owner occupiers’ housing costs (CPIH). 2. Nominal values are taken from the [household debt dataset table 7.2](https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/personalandhouseholdfinances/incomeandwealth/datasets/householddebtwealthingreatbritain). 3. Arrears includes arrears on credit commitments or household bills." "Unit","£ billion" "","" "","April 2014 to March 2016","April 2016 to March 2018" "Arrears","2","1" "Mail order","1","1" "Overdrawn current accounts","5","3" "Hire purchase","19","25" "Credit store and charge cards ","21","22" "Student loans from Student Loan Company","24","32" "All loans (excl student loans)","35","35"