Year Sterling (millions) 1997-12-31 18443 1998-12-31 16668 1999-12-31 17477 2000-12-31 20135 2001-12-31 22907 2002-12-31 24171 2003-12-31 27972 2004-12-31 31501 2005-12-31 35162 2006-12-31 42081 2007-12-31 49521 2008-12-31 48078 2009-12-31 43707 2010-12-31 40795