Year Sterling (millions) 1997-12-31 17038 1998-12-31 23636 1999-12-31 18608 2000-12-31 17629 2001-12-31 19875 2002-12-31 12709 2003-12-31 8402 2004-12-31 9579 2005-12-31 14824 2006-12-31 23941 2007-12-31 31447 2008-12-31 18041 2009-12-31 97374