Year Sterling (millions) 1999-12-31 8510 2000-12-31 7456 2001-12-31 7291 2002-12-31 8855 2003-12-31 8350 2004-12-31 9172 2005-12-31 8724 2006-12-31 13038 2007-12-31 20470 2008-12-31 25294 2009-12-31 15202