Year Sterling (millions) 1998-12-31 10306 1999-12-31 8763 2000-12-31 10155 2001-12-31 12511 2002-12-31 13024 2003-12-31 13047 2004-12-31 13612 2005-12-31 15270 2006-12-31 16623 2007-12-31 16959 2008-12-31 17389 2009-12-31 16225 2010-12-31 16763 2011-12-31 29276 2012-12-31 29111