Year Sterling (millions) 1997-12-31 23078 1998-12-31 14714 1999-12-31 9243 2000-12-31 2867 2001-12-31 499 2002-12-31 -3545 2003-12-31 -8525 2004-12-31 -4210 2005-12-31 -6203 2006-12-31 -11173 2007-12-31 -12950 2008-12-31 10792 2009-12-31 24826