Year Sterling (millions) 1998-12-31 17 1999-12-31 28 2000-12-31 8 2001-12-31 103 2002-12-31 114 2003-12-31 606 2004-12-31 705 2005-12-31 1376 2006-12-31 1019 2007-12-31 1758 2008-12-31 993 2009-12-31 2704 2010-12-31 3106 2012-12-31 2795