Year Sterling (millions) 1999-12-31 16404 2000-12-31 29422 2001-12-31 40309 2002-12-31 64663 2003-12-31 130258 2004-12-31 140229 2005-12-31 137256 2006-12-31 148975 2007-12-31 149238 2008-12-31 105931 2009-12-31 87892