Year Sterling (millions) 1997-12-31 6725 1998-12-31 5405 1999-12-31 4593 2000-12-31 2872 2001-12-31 1655 2002-12-31 1340 2003-12-31 358 2004-12-31 218 2005-12-31 48 2006-12-31 90