Year Sterling (millions) 1997-12-31 11509 1998-12-31 11806 1999-12-31 8770 2000-12-31 13748 2001-12-31 20664 2002-12-31 18358 2003-12-31 19994 2004-12-31 19156 2005-12-31 20091 2006-12-31 41188 2007-12-31 40251 2008-12-31 60390 2009-12-31 42052