Year Sterling (millions) 1997-12-31 5901 1998-12-31 6010 1999-12-31 3540 2000-12-31 2694 2001-12-31 1472 2002-12-31 1109 2003-12-31 502 2004-12-31 418 2005-12-31 83 2006-12-31 104