Year Sterling (millions) 1997-12-31 6873 1998-12-31 5907 1999-12-31 6310 2000-12-31 7266 2001-12-31 7010 2002-12-31 14271 2003-12-31 12981 2004-12-31 20456 2005-12-31 36261 2006-12-31 52300 2007-12-31 68570 2008-12-31 41628 2009-12-31 26668