Year Sterling (millions) 1997-12-31 12138 1998-12-31 8160 1999-12-31 16232 2000-12-31 13971 2001-12-31 17199 2002-12-31 23688 2003-12-31 41711 2004-12-31 49106 2005-12-31 51863 2006-12-31 61272 2007-12-31 91385 2008-12-31 187876 2009-12-31 56025