Year Sterling (millions), Seasonally adjusted 1987-12-31 22.8 1988-12-31 21.1 1989-12-31 16 1990-12-31 9.5 1991-12-31 7.7 1992-12-31 1.2 1993-12-31 3.2 1994-12-31 8.3 1995-12-31 14 1996-12-31 15.5 1997-12-31 16.5 1998-12-31 18.9 1999-12-31 15.2 2000-12-31 16.2 2001-12-31 17.3 2002-12-31 16.3 2003-12-31 12.6 2004-12-31 15.7 2005-12-31 8.2 2006-12-31 6.1 2007-12-31 4.7 2008-12-31 3.6 2009-12-31 -0.9 2010-12-31 -1.3 2011-12-31 -0.9 2012-12-31 -0.3 2013-12-31 3.6 2014-12-31 5.9 2015-12-31 7.9 2016-12-31 8.1 2017-12-31 4.9 2018-12-31 3.9 2019-12-31 3.2 2020-12-31 -12.6 2021-12-31 0.5 2022-12-31 7.8 2023-12-31 7.9