Year Sterling (millions) 1997-12-31 17873 1998-06-30 17660 1998-12-31 18776 1999-06-30 17291 1999-12-31 16014 2000-06-30 19286 2000-12-31 13425 2001-06-30 13489 2001-12-31 12098 2002-06-30 14260 2002-12-31 11792 2003-12-31 14950 2004-12-31 37252 2005-12-31 33190 2006-12-31 43432 2007-12-31 41758 2008-12-31 23656 2009-12-31 186316