1 min readBlockingBank of England banking taxonomy 4.1.1Updated 11 November 2026

Output floor - Total RWA (OFL): total should be the sum of all columns (OF02.01.01.03, OF02.00.01.01, Bank of England check boe_b0726)

A blocking check on the output floor - Total RWA (OFL) (OF02.01.01.03) and own funds requirements (CA2) (OF02.00.01.01) templates, in the own funds (PRA001) return.

Line4 Check runs it on the own funds (PRA001) return, proven on test files, check by check: the same outcome on all three test files of that return.

The rule in plain words

Total should be the sum of all columns

In each of "Total RWA (U-TREA)" (column 0030) and "Standardised total RWA (S-TREA)" (column 0040) of Output floor - Total RWA (OFL) (OF02.01.01.03): "Total" (row 0080) must equal the sum of 7 rows (listed below).

What to do if your return fails it

  1. 01Open the tables below and find the cells the rule reads.
  2. 02Add up the parts in your return and compare the result with the total.
  3. 03If they differ, a part is missing, a value sits in the wrong cell, or the total is out of date.
  4. 04The Bank of England allows a small rounding difference, worked out from the decimals each value is reported with.
  5. 05It runs only when your filing indicators mark OF02.01.01 as reported.
  6. 06This is a blocking check. A return that fails it is normally rejected, so fix it before you submit.

The cells it reads

Own funds requirements (CA2) (OF02.00.01.01)

Rows

  • R0010Total risk exposure amount
  • R0520Total risk exposure amount for position, foreign exchange and commodities risks

Columns

  • C0010All approaches
  • C0020Standardised approaches only (Output Floor)

Output floor - Total RWA (OFL) (OF02.01.01.03)

Rows

  • R0010Credit risk (excluding counterparty credit risk)
  • R0020Counterparty credit risk
  • R0030Credit valuation adjustment
  • R0040Securitisation exposures in the banking book
  • R0060Operational risk
  • R0070Residual RWA

Columns

  • C0030Total RWA (U-TREA)
  • C0040Standardised total RWA (S-TREA)

Which returns it applies to

Line4 Check runs it on the own funds (PRA001) return on Bank of England banking taxonomy 4.1.1. The Bank of England applies it to own funds (PRA001) returns, as a blocking check.

The Bank’s own words and formula

The first paragraph of the plain words above is the Bank of England’s own, word for word, from its list of validations. The second spells out its formula, with each cell named from its templates.

Show the formulaShow

The Bank of England's formula. Cells are written as {t: table, r: row, c: column}.

{t: OF02.01.01.03, r: 0080} = sum({t: OF02.01.01.03, r: 0010; 0020; 0030; 0040; 0050; 0060; 0070})

Where it applies, in the Bank's words (its scope):

scope({t: OF02.01.01.03, c:0030;0040, f: banking, fv: banking_reporting})

Every PRA banking rule on OF02.01.01.03

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