Year Sterling (millions) 1997-12-31 9911 1998-12-31 10232 1999-12-31 10108 2000-12-31 11241 2001-12-31 10245 2002-12-31 9410 2003-12-31 9579 2004-12-31 10391 2005-12-31 11356 2006-12-31 12954 2007-12-31 19084 2008-12-31 33770 2009-12-31 31029