Year Sterling (millions) 1997-12-31 8324 1998-12-31 7318 1999-12-31 8437 2000-12-31 11093 2001-12-31 13524 2002-12-31 12540 2003-12-31 14781 2004-12-31 13900 2005-12-31 16572 2006-12-31 19001 2007-12-31 23733 2008-12-31 36486 2009-12-31 64059