LONDON (Standard&Poor's) Jan. 8, 2010--Standard&Poor's Ratings Services today removed from CreditWatch negative its credit rating on Barclays Bank PLC' s £3,054,000,000 covered bond issuance. Due to an administrative error we placed the notes on CreditWatch negative on Dec. 16, 2009. Today's rating action follows the discovery of this error. RELATED RESEARCH Ratings On 98 Covered Bond Programs Placed On CreditWatch After Criteria Revision, Dec. 16, 2009 Use Of CreditWatch And Outlooks, Sept. 14, 2009 Related articles are available on RatingsDirect. Criteria, presales, servicer evaluations, and ratings information can also be found on Standard&Poor's Web site at www.standardandpoors.com. Alternatively, call one of the following Standard&Poor's numbers: Client Support Europe (44) 20-7176-7176; London Press