Year Sterling (millions) 1997-12-31 12837 1998-12-31 16101 1999-12-31 13500 2000-12-31 20276 2001-12-31 37355 2002-12-31 42671 2003-12-31 38105 2004-12-31 48759 2005-12-31 51834 2006-12-31 38585 2007-12-31 55880 2008-12-31 34046 2009-12-31 29907