Quarter Sterling (millions) 1997-12-31 2454 1998-03-31 3109 1998-06-30 4201 1998-09-30 4365 1998-12-31 4253 1999-03-31 4907 1999-06-30 5546 1999-09-30 5820 1999-12-31 4725 2000-03-31 5243 2000-06-30 6205 2000-09-30 5965 2000-12-31 7157 2001-03-31 9124 2001-06-30 11034 2001-09-30 11110 2001-12-31 12574 2002-03-31 13991 2002-06-30 16345 2002-09-30 17673 2002-12-31 19338 2003-03-31 19490 2003-06-30 22612 2003-09-30 22306 2003-12-31 21453 2004-03-31 20417 2004-06-30 20845 2004-09-30 21515 2004-12-31 20177 2005-03-31 20308 2005-06-30 23260 2005-09-30 25660 2005-12-31 24880 2006-03-31 23269 2006-06-30 26054 2006-09-30 24478 2006-12-31 26792 2007-03-31 26199 2007-06-30 30098 2007-09-30 28979 2007-12-31 26291 2008-03-31 31305 2008-06-30 32698 2008-09-30 22452 2008-12-31 16635 2009-03-31 11041 2009-06-30 11052 2009-09-30 10302 2009-12-31 8744