Year Sterling (millions) 1997-12-31 9059 1998-12-31 9748 1999-12-31 8064 2000-12-31 8241 2001-12-31 8306 2002-12-31 8936 2003-12-31 8934 2004-12-31 10872 2005-12-31 11378 2006-12-31 16504 2007-12-31 16820 2008-12-31 30660 2009-12-31 25896