Year Sterling (millions) 1976-12-31 1579 1977-12-31 1594 1978-12-31 1621 1979-12-31 1837 1980-12-31 1980 1981-12-31 2614 1982-12-31 3573 1983-12-31 3621 1984-12-31 3800 1985-12-31 3848 1986-12-31 3873 1987-12-31 3820 1988-12-31 5218 1989-12-31 6753 1990-12-31 7567 1991-12-31 8029 1992-12-31 8575 1993-12-31 8971 1994-12-31 8634 1995-12-31 12191 1996-12-31 13530