Year Sterling (millions) 1997-12-31 8659 1998-12-31 8975 1999-12-31 9181 2000-12-31 18126 2001-12-31 19677 2002-12-31 20535 2003-12-31 31728 2004-12-31 28111 2005-12-31 29440 2006-12-31 29202 2007-12-31 29096 2008-12-31 40731 2009-12-31 56065