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Cash and cash equivalents
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
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Cash and cash equivalents
19
. Cash and cash equivalents
 
   
2019
$m
   2018
$m
 
Cash at bank and in hand
  
 
160
 
   202 
   
 
 
   
 
 
 
Short-term deposits
  
 
 
   158 
Money market funds
 
 
35
 
 
 
76
 
Repurchase agreements
  
 
 
   268 
Cash and cash equivalents as recorded in the
Group
statement of financial position
  
 
195
 
   704 
Bank overdrafts (note
22
)
  
 
(87
   (104
Cash and cash equivalents as recorded in the
Group
statement of cash flows
  
 
108
 
   600 
Cash at bank and in hand includes bank balances of $95m (2018: $106m) which are matched by bank overdrafts of $87m (2018: $104m) under the Group’s cash pooling arrangements. Under these arrangements, each pool contains a number of bank accounts with the same financial institution and the Group pays interest on net overdraft balances within each pool. The cash pools are used for
day-to-day
cash management purposes and are managed as closely as possible to a zero balance on a net basis for each pool. Overseas subsidiaries are typically in a cash-positive position with the matching overdrafts held by the Group’s central treasury company in the UK.
Short-term deposits
, money market funds
and repurchase agreements are highly liquid investments with an original maturity of three months or less.
At 31 December 2019, $6m (2018: $nil) is restricted for use on capital expenditure in the UK portfolio and therefore not available for wider use by the Group. An additional $16m (2018: $2m)
is held within countries from which funds are not currently able to be repatriated to the Group’s central treasury company.
Details of the credit risk on cash and cash equivalents is included in note 24.