Year Sterling (millions) 1999-12-31 5344 2000-12-31 9730 2001-12-31 11872 2002-12-31 17949 2003-12-31 24194 2004-12-31 22295 2005-12-31 21457 2006-12-31 25778 2007-12-31 8800 2008-12-31 18220 2009-12-31 40065