Year Sterling (millions) 1999-12-31 1344 2000-12-31 1599 2001-12-31 1844 2002-12-31 1593 2003-12-31 2961 2004-12-31 4660 2005-12-31 5527 2006-12-31 8836 2007-12-31 23713 2008-12-31 26495 2009-12-31 34470