Year Sterling (millions) 1999-12-31 6772 2000-12-31 4952 2001-12-31 5369 2002-12-31 7074 2003-12-31 7893 2004-12-31 8824 2005-12-31 10179 2006-12-31 13966 2007-12-31 21282 2008-12-31 21985 2009-12-31 15269