Year Sterling (millions) 1997-12-31 131620 1998-12-31 124151 1999-12-31 151009 2000-12-31 199510 2001-12-31 224225 2002-12-31 234731 2003-12-31 255590 2004-12-31 278440 2005-12-31 341866 2006-12-31 406487 2007-12-31 530751 2008-12-31 646072 2009-12-31 747760