Year Sterling (millions) 1999-12-31 233 2000-12-31 448 2001-12-31 498 2002-12-31 786 2003-12-31 1241 2004-12-31 1597 2005-12-31 1886 2006-12-31 1702 2007-12-31 1803 2008-12-31 1872 2009-12-31 1205