Notes to the Accounts
2c. Analysis of capital employed
| all figures in £ millions | 2000 | 1999 |
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| Business sectors | ||
| Pearson Education | 4,864 | 2,877 |
| FT Group | 542 | 408 |
| The Penguin Group | 569 | 193 |
| Television | 801 | (78) |
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| Continuing operations | 6,776 | 3,400 |
| Discontinued operations | – | 149 |
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| 6,776 | 3,549 | |
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| Geographical location | ||
| United Kingdom | 379 | (30) |
| Continental Europe | 1,038 | 313 |
| North | 5,217 | 3,023 |
| Asia Pacific | 39 | 22 |
| Rest | 103 | 72 |
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| Continuing operations | 6,776 | 3,400 |
| Discontinued operations | – | 149 |
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| 6,776 | 3,549 | |
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| Reconciliation of capital employed to net assets | ||
| Capital employed | 6,776 | 3,549 |
| Less: deferred taxation | (9) | (21) |
| Less: other provisions | (257) | (206) |
| Less: net debt | (2,301) | (1,995) |
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| Net assets | 4,209 | 1,327 |
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