Year Sterling (millions) 1997-12-31 10497 1998-12-31 10387 1999-12-31 12572 2000-12-31 15347 2001-12-31 17405 2002-12-31 15695 2003-12-31 16628 2004-12-31 18452 2005-12-31 22611 2006-12-31 27485 2007-12-31 34520 2008-12-31 56620 2009-12-31 76176