12 Trade and other receivables

  2007
£m
2006
£m
Trade receivables 889 864
Amounts recoverable on contracts 904 820
Amounts owed by joint ventures 300 241
Other receivables 315 308
Prepayments and accrued income 177 232
  2,5851 2,4651
Analysed as:    
Financial instruments:    
Trade receivables and similar items (note 16) 1,211 1,210
Other non-derivative financial assets (note 16) 321 300
Non-financial instruments (note 16) 1,053 955
  2,585 2,465
1 Trade and other receivables expected to be recovered in more than one year:
Trade receivables 26 12
Amounts recoverable on contracts 704 624
Amounts owed by joint ventures 29 26
Other receivables 40 65
Prepayments and accrued income 28 99
  827 826

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