Year Sterling (millions) 1997-12-31 49485 1998-12-31 51268 1999-12-31 54167 2000-12-31 42243 2001-12-31 46602 2002-12-31 48286 2003-12-31 40639 2004-12-31 40313 2005-12-31 39854 2006-12-31 44066 2007-12-31 35975 2008-12-31 40691 2009-12-31 12120