Year Sterling (millions) 1997-12-31 3781 1998-12-31 3003 1999-12-31 3450 2000-12-31 3403 2001-12-31 4283 2002-12-31 3997 2003-12-31 5679 2004-12-31 6635 2005-12-31 7341 2006-12-31 9046 2007-12-31 8190 2008-12-31 11119 2009-12-31 19858