20 Operating lease commitments
| 2008 £m |
2007 £m |
|
|---|---|---|
| Minimum lease payments under operating leases recognised as an | ||
| expense for the year | 20.7 | 28.9 |
At 31 December, the Group had outstanding commitments for minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases, which fall due as follows:
| 2008 | 2007 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Land and buildings £m |
Land and buildings £m |
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| Other £m |
Total £m |
Other £m |
Total £m |
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| Leases which expire: | ||||||
| Within one year | 8.2 | 1.7 | 9.9 | 6.8 | 2.1 | 8.9 |
| Within two to five years | 21.9 | 5.1 | 27.0 | 20.5 | 5.2 | 25.7 |
| After five years | 7.8 | 5.7 | 13.5 | 10.3 | 2.0 | 12.3 |
| Total operating | ||||||
| lease commitments | 37.9 | 12.5 | 50.4 | 37.6 | 9.3 | 46.9 |
Operating lease payments represent rentals payable by the Group for certain properties and other items. Leases are negotiated for an average term of 5 years (2007: 5 years) and rentals are fixed for an average of 3 years (2007: 4 years).