Year Sterling (millions) 1997-12-31 16054 1998-12-31 15714 1999-12-31 17307 2000-12-31 15261 2001-12-31 16702 2002-12-31 13318 2003-12-31 18371 2004-12-31 17923 2005-12-31 27479 2006-12-31 34047 2007-12-31 29469 2008-12-31 30413 2009-12-31 44058