Year Sterling (millions) 1997-12-31 17487 1998-12-31 13339 1999-12-31 10616 2000-12-31 6895 2001-12-31 7945 2002-12-31 8368 2003-12-31 1244 2004-12-31 641 2005-12-31 22 2006-12-31 28 2007-12-31 51 2008-12-31 54050 2009-12-31 29