Year Sterling (millions) 1999-12-31 7270 2000-12-31 11316 2001-12-31 13880 2002-12-31 19912 2003-12-31 26597 2004-12-31 25481 2005-12-31 27510 2006-12-31 31488 2007-12-31 12827 2008-12-31 18360 2009-12-31 50652