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10 Finance costs and financial income

Financial income   2007
£m
  2006
£m
Bank interest receivable   1.8   2.0
Change in fair value of cross-currency interest rate swaps   3.0   2.8
Expected return on pension scheme assets   4.8   4.2
    9.6   9.0
 
Finance costs   2007
£m
  2006
£m
Interest payable on bank loans and overdrafts   8.2   0.5
Interest payable on other loans   0.3   10.6
Total interest payable   8.5   11.1
Interest cost on pension scheme liabilities   4.9   4.5
    13.4   15.6

Net interest costs of £6.7m (2006: £9.1m) for the purposes of the calculation of interest cover comprise of bank interest receivable of £1.8m (2006: £2.0m), and interest payable on bank and other loans and overdrafts of £8.5m (2006: £11.1m).