Year Sterling (millions) 1997-12-31 19952 1998-12-31 16658 1999-12-31 12854 2000-12-31 10012 2001-12-31 10627 2002-12-31 9954 2003-12-31 2856 2004-12-31 1446 2005-12-31 928 2006-12-31 1105 2007-12-31 1860 2008-12-31 1280 2009-12-31 1161