Quarter Sterling (millions) 1997-12-31 3094 1998-03-31 3685 1998-06-30 3787 1998-09-30 3780 1998-12-31 4011 1999-03-31 4290 1999-06-30 4517 1999-09-30 4208 1999-12-31 5366 2000-03-31 6571 2000-06-30 7007 2000-09-30 7243 2000-12-31 7621 2001-03-31 7710 2001-06-30 7437 2001-09-30 6544 2001-12-31 7012 2002-03-31 7521 2002-06-30 6571 2002-09-30 6631 2002-12-31 6559 2003-03-31 7497 2003-06-30 7828 2003-09-30 6288 2003-12-31 6584 2004-03-31 6319 2004-06-30 6424 2004-09-30 6782 2004-12-31 6968 2005-03-31 7027 2005-06-30 7638 2005-09-30 7317 2005-12-31 7348 2006-03-31 7592 2006-06-30 7934 2006-09-30 7326 2006-12-31 7969 2007-03-31 8320 2007-06-30 8146 2007-09-30 8277 2007-12-31 9163 2008-03-31 9139 2008-06-30 9046 2008-09-30 9504 2008-12-31 9547 2009-03-31 9991 2009-06-30 9375 2009-09-30 9280 2009-12-31 9862 2010-03-31 9983 2010-06-30 10133 2010-09-30 10987 2010-12-31 11116