Notes to the Accounts

22. Other provisions for liabilities and charges

	Post-retirement	Other	Total
At 31 December 1997	34	141	175
Exchange differences	–	(1)	(1)
Subsidiary undertakings acquired/disposed	63	31	94
Deferred consideration arising on acquisitions	–	1	1
Transfers	–	7	7
Released	(1)	(1)	(2)
Provided	14	47	61
Utilised	(10)	(72)	(82)
At 31 December 1998	100	153	253

NOTE: Post-retirement provisions are in respect of pensions, £30m and post-retirement medical benefits, £70m. Other provisions are mainly in respect of future costs relating to the purchase of subsidiary and associated undertakings £34m, litigation £12m, reorganisations and redundancies £51m, disposals and closures £6m, and lease commitments £35m. Amounts utilised include £5m in respect of provisions relating to subsidiary undertakings acquired.