Quarter Sterling (millions) 1997-09-30 17004 1997-12-31 18573 1998-03-31 18443 1998-06-30 16007 1998-09-30 15555 1998-12-31 15401 1999-03-31 15488 1999-06-30 13916 1999-09-30 12311 1999-12-31 11933 2000-03-31 11167 2000-06-30 10311 2000-09-30 10090 2000-12-31 9185 2001-03-31 7688 2001-06-30 6218 2001-09-30 5582 2001-12-31 5265 2002-03-31 5088 2002-06-30 4376 2002-09-30 4137 2002-12-31 4459 2003-03-31 4092 2003-06-30 3401 2003-09-30 2083 2003-12-31 1696 2004-03-31 1776 2004-06-30 1527 2004-09-30 1338 2004-12-31 1346 2005-03-31 826 2005-06-30 861 2005-09-30 889 2005-12-31 816 2006-03-31 801 2006-06-30 877 2006-09-30 816 2006-12-31 956 2007-03-31 1044 2007-06-30 897 2007-09-30 1071