Quarter Sterling (millions) 1997-09-30 4262 1997-12-31 4001 1998-03-31 4125 1998-06-30 4162 1998-09-30 4446 1998-12-31 4893 1999-03-31 5390 1999-06-30 5438 1999-09-30 5390 1999-12-31 5242 2000-03-31 5572 2000-06-30 7189 2000-09-30 7128 2000-12-31 6848 2001-03-31 7311 2001-06-30 7351 2001-09-30 7633 2001-12-31 8261 2002-03-31 8566 2002-06-30 8267 2002-09-30 7918 2002-12-31 8298 2003-03-31 7669 2003-06-30 8293 2003-09-30 8227 2003-12-31 8328 2004-03-31 8713 2004-06-30 8294 2004-09-30 6848 2004-12-31 7024 2005-03-31 7452 2005-06-30 8288 2005-09-30 7856 2005-12-31 8583 2006-03-31 8754 2006-06-30 9283 2006-09-30 8432 2006-12-31 8444 2007-03-31 8482 2007-06-30 9012 2007-09-30 10572 2007-12-31 10681 2008-03-31 10930 2008-06-30 11910 2008-09-30 12905 2008-12-31 11608 2009-03-31 11207 2009-06-30 10902 2009-09-30 10673 2009-12-31 9774 2010-03-31 9555 2010-06-30 8905 2010-09-30 8487 2010-12-31 8448