Year Sterling (millions) 1999-12-31 299 2000-12-31 237 2001-12-31 511 2002-12-31 351 2003-12-31 574 2004-12-31 738 2005-12-31 555 2006-12-31 1047 2007-12-31 1360 2008-12-31 1156 2009-12-31 1685