Quarter Sterling (millions) 1997-12-31 8615 1998-03-31 7389 1998-06-30 9629 1998-09-30 11679 1998-12-31 10597 1999-03-31 8228 1999-06-30 11564 1999-09-30 13451 1999-12-31 12437 2000-03-31 9511 2000-06-30 11634 2000-09-30 12308 2000-12-31 12331 2001-03-31 12569 2001-06-30 16386 2001-09-30 19119 2001-12-31 18871 2002-03-31 16944 2002-06-30 20444 2002-09-30 24008 2002-12-31 23540 2003-03-31 21929 2003-06-30 24843 2003-09-30 27957 2003-12-31 30152 2004-03-31 23966 2004-06-30 27119 2004-09-30 30060 2004-12-31 24862 2005-03-31 19591 2005-06-30 26815 2005-09-30 33260 2005-12-31 34583 2006-03-31 29110 2006-06-30 32899 2006-09-30 36540 2006-12-31 36966 2007-03-31 34199 2007-06-30 37560 2007-09-30 38456 2007-12-31 35882 2008-03-31 29347 2008-06-30 31740 2008-09-30 29278 2008-12-31 18169 2009-03-31 13139 2009-06-30 12616 2009-09-30 16367 2009-12-31 15385