Year Sterling (millions) 1999-12-31 361644 2000-12-31 448369 2001-12-31 535456 2002-12-31 686253 2003-12-31 908194 2004-12-31 1010702 2005-12-31 1109593 2006-12-31 1245744 2007-12-31 1588349 2008-12-31 1946490 2009-12-31 1744537