- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 July 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Elaine Murray on 18 July 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what different currencies Historic Scotland's visitor attractions accept from paying customers.
Answer
I have asked Graeme Munro, Chief Executive of Historic Scotland to answer. His response is as follows:Historic Scotland accepts Sterling and the Euro (notes only) at the properties where it charges for admission.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 June 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 16 July 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of delayed discharge patients remain in hospital for longer than six weeks, broken down by NHS board area.
Answer
The information requested is set out in the table.
NHS - Patients Ready for Discharge Number and Percentage of Patients with a Length of Delay over Six Weeks
1 by NHS Board Area of Treatment - as at 15 April 2002
NHS Board area of Treatment | Number outwith the six week discharge planning period1 | Total2 | Percentage outwith the six week discharge planning period |
Argyll and Clyde | 334 | 389 | 86 |
Ayrshire and Arran | 139 | 235 | 59 |
Scottish Borders | 36 | 51 | 71 |
Dumfries and Galloway | 25 | 58 | 43 |
Fife | 130 | 175 | 74 |
Forth Valley | 114 | 164 | 70 |
Grampian | 229 | 334 | 69 |
Greater Glasgow | 290 | 431 | 67 |
Highland | 69 | 86 | 80 |
Lanarkshire | 129 | 186 | 69 |
Lothian | 296 | 541 | 55 |
Orkney | 8 | 12 | 67 |
Shetland | - | - | - |
Tayside | 135 | 259 | 52 |
Western Isles | 23 | 30 | 77 |
Scotland | 1,957 | 2,951 | 66 |
Notes:1. Number of patients ready for discharge with a duration of over six weeks (43 days or more), i.e. the common period for discharge planning agreement timescales across Scotland.2. Total number of patients ready for discharge in all specialties, reported as at 15 April 2002.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 28 June 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 16 July 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether arrangements have been put in place with Stirling Royal Infirmary should its services be required following the temporary closure of the Special Care Baby Unit at Perth Royal Infirmary.
Answer
There is on-going contact between Forth Valley Acute Hospitals Trust and Tayside University Hospitals Trust to ensure a safe service for patients during this time.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 01 July 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Allan Wilson on 11 July 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will announce the appointment of the 10 ministerial appointees to the board of the new Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park Authority.
Answer
Details of the 10 directly appointed members of the board of the National Park Authority were announced on 4 July along with details of the 10 nominated members. Details of the composition of the full board are available on the Executive's website (www.scotland.gov.uk).
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 June 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Frank McAveety on 10 July 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to place a time limit on delayed discharge patients remaining in hospital which, if breached, would then result in responsibility for the patient solely resting with either the local authority, the NHS board or some other agency.
Answer
We have no such plans. We are looking to local authority and NHS partnerships to make specific, targeted reductions in the number of long-term delays with the additional £20 million we have provided this year. Our emphasis is on joint responsibility and partnership working between local authorities and the NHS. Where it is clear that a local partnership is not working jointly to deliver on these and other targets, we will send a specialist Support Team into the area to resolve difficulties.Also as part of our Delayed Discharge Action Plan commitment, we have appointed a secondee team to develop joint discharge protocols for national application; these protocols will include a benchmarking component and set out minimum requirements for local authorities and the NHS to meet in the discharge process.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 June 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 10 July 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what its definition is of delayed discharge, and whether this definition has changed in recent years and, if so, in what way.
Answer
Individuals who have been assessed as being clinically ready for discharge from hospital but who thereafter experience a delay in moving into the next stage of their care are classified as "delayed discharges" from the moment their discharge is delayed. Information and Statistics Division of the NHS's Common Services Agency has used this definition in its Patients Ready for Discharge census since the first quarterly census of September 2000. This census also collects information on those who have been delayed for longer than the accepted discharge planning period of six weeks.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 June 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 10 July 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what guidance on consultation and public involvement is currently available to NHS boards when considering changes in a board's service provision and whether any changes to such guidance are planned.
Answer
Patient Focus and Public Involvement, which was published in December of last year, set out a framework for changing the way in which the NHS interacts with the people it serves. It also contained a commitment to revise the current guidance on closure and change of use of health service premises and in May of this year draft interim guidance was issued widely to the NHS and other interested parties. Copies of the guidance are available in the Parliament's Reference Centre (Bib Number 21063).
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 13 June 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Allan Wilson on 3 July 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive when it first advertised the board vacancies on the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park Authority; on which occasions and in which publications the advertisements appeared, and how much it will cost to recruit and select the 10 ministerial appointees, including any fees paid to consultants.
Answer
Advertisements inviting applications for direct appointment to the Board of the Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park Authority appeared in The Scotsman, The Herald and The Press and Journal on 9 November 2001. Advertising costs amounted to some £13,500 with a further cost of £1,740 in consultancy fees incurred in respect of the involvement of a member of the Independent Assessors' Panel. Internal staff costs have not been separately identified.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 June 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Simpson on 3 July 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what the full costs were of printing, publishing and distributing its policy paper The Scottish Fire Service of The Future.
Answer
The full costs of producing the policy paper The Scottish Fire Service of the Future, including graphic design, print buying and web conversion, was £6,672.95 inclusive of VAT.The main distribution was carried out at the launch. In addition, however, approximately 150 further copies of the paper have been sent out to date by post, which, at a cost of 15p per copy, totals £22.50.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 06 June 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 3 July 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how much was spent on advertising by media type in each department of (a) the Scottish Office in each year from 1991-92 to 1999-2000 and (b) the Scottish Executive in each year from 1999-2000 to 2001-02.
Answer
The information requested is as follows:
1991-92 |
Department | Campaign (£) | Press (£) | TV (£) | Radio (£) | Poster (£) | Cinema (£) | Total (£) |
Home and Health | Fire Prevention | | 55,308 | 21,606 | | | |
| Crime Prevention | | 112,716 | 39,694 | | | |
| Childrens Panels | 65,783 | | | | | |
| Electoral Registration | 79,214 | | | | | |
| Duty of Care | 9,007 | | | | | |
| Dangerous Dogs | 8,085 | | | | | |
| Organ Donors | 17,640 | | | | | |
| Solvent Abuse and Drugs | 31,674 | | 2,239 | | | |
Total | | 211,403 | 168,024 | 61,300 | | | 440,727 |
Education | School Boards | 179,772 | 42,090 | | | | |
| Teacher Recruitment | 34,427 | | | | | |
Total | | 214,199 | 42,090 | | | | 256,289 |
Industry | Road Safety | 143,212 | 35,652 | | | | |
Total | | 143,212 | 35,652 | | | | 178,864 |
Agriculture, Env. & Fisheries | Food Regulations | | 28,824 | | | | |
Total | | | 28,824 | | | | 28,824 |
Central Services | Parents Charter | 103,744 | | | | | |
| Justice Charter | 32,410 | | | | | |
| Tenants Charter | 24,628 | | | | | |
Total | | 160,782 | | | | | 160,782 |
Grand Total | | 729,596 | 274,590 | 61,300 | | | 1,065,486 |
1992-93 |
Department | Campaign (£) | Press (£) | TV (£) | Radio (£) | Poster (£) | Cinema (£) | Total (£) |
Home and Health | Childrens Panels | 63,574 | | | | | |
| Electoral Registration | 8,196 | 20,767 | | | | |
| Fire Prevention | 28,778 | 106,503 | | | | |
| NHS Helpline | 48,361 | | | | | |
| Police Recruitment | 18,414 | | | | | |
| NHS in Scotland | 33,688 | | | | | |
| Solvent and Drug Abuse | | | | 4,586 | | |
| Crime Prevention | | 149,574 | | | | |
| Organ Donor | | 74,847 | | | | |
Total | | 181,523 | 351,691 | | 4,586 | | 537,800 |
Education | Teacher Recruitment | | 33,688 | | | | |
Total | | | 33,688 | | | | 33,688 |
Industry | Road Safety | | 164,044 | 28,376 | | | |
Total | | | 164,044 | 28,376 | | | 192,420 |
Environment | Right to Buy | | 50,055 | | | | |
Total | | | 50,055 | | | | 50,055 |
Agriculture & Fisheries | Horticulture Registration | 7,591 | | | | | |
Total | | 7,591 | | | | | 7,591 |
Grand Total | | 189,114 | 599,478 | 28,736 | 4,586 | | 821,914 |
1993-94 |
Department | Campaign (£) | Press (£) | TV (£) | Radio (£) | Poster (£) | Cinema (£) | Total (£) |
Home and Health | Crime Prevention | | | | 38,170 | | |
| Childrens Panels | 76,284 | | | | | |
| Continence Week | 10,421 | | | | | |
| Drugline Scotland | 3,033 | | 9,791 | | | |
| Electoral Registration | 11,752 | 31,712 | | | | |
| Fire Prevention | 28,650 | 125,535 | | | | |
| Organ Donor | 1,058 | 101,020 | | | | |
| Police Graduate Recruitment | 14,561 | | | | | |
| NHS Helpline | | | 6,232 | | | |
Totals | | 145,759 | 258,267 | 16,023 | 38,170 | | 458,219 |
Education | Careers Services | 2,383 | | | | | |
| Teacher Recruitment | 27,977 | | | | | |
| Further and Higher Education Charter | 49,400 | | 29,584 | | | |
Total | | 79,760 | | 29,584 | | | 109,344 |
Central Services | Open Door Campaign | 115,154 | | | | | |
Total | | 115,154 | | | | | 115,154 |
Environment | Right to Buy | 59,434 | 122,148 | | | | |
Total | | 59,434 | 122,148 | | | | 181,582 |
Industry | Road Safety | | 191,939 | 28,758 | 47,670 | | |
Total | | | 191,939 | 28,758 | 47,670 | | 268,367 |
Grand Total | | 400,107 | 572,354 | 74,365 | 85,840 | | 1,132,666 |
1994-95 |
Department | Campaign (£) | Press (£) | TV (£) | Radio (£) | Poster (£) | Cinema (£) | Total (£) |
Home and Health | Childrens Panel | 74,962 | | | | | |
| Domestic Violence | | 231,616 | | 48,691 | | |
| Drugline Scotland | 4,814 | | | | | |
| Fire Prevention | 41,498 | 86,946 | | | | |
| Police Graduation Recruitment | 15,721 | | | | | |
| NHS In Scotland | 7,253 | | | | | |
| Organ Donor | 74,798 | | | | | |
| NHS Helpline | | | 10,622 | | | |
| Electoral Registration | 58,635 | 36,152 | | | | |
Total | | 277,681 | 354,714 | 10,622 | 48,691 | | 691,708 |
Industry | Road Safety | | 217,500 | | 1,812 | | |
Total | | | 217,500 | | 1,812 | | 219,312 |
Education | Teacher Recruitment | 8,474 | | | | | |
Total | | 8,474 | | | | | 8,474 |
Environment | Right to Buy | 62,690 | 116,615 | | | | |
Total | | 62,690 | 116,615 | | | | 179,305 |
Grand Total | | 308,845 | 688,829 | 10,622 | 50,503 | | 1,098,799 |
1995-96 |
Department | Campaign (£) | Press (£) | TV (£) | Radio (£) | Poster (£) | Cinema (£) | Total (£) |
Home and Health | Childrens panel | 30,081 | | | | | |
| Crime Prevention | 2,179 | 19,874 | 78,266 | | 95,461 | |
| Domestic Violence | | 41,850 | | | | |
| Fire Prevention | 17,156 | 266,792 | | | | |
| NHS Prescription Charges | 19,059 | | | | | |
| Organ Donors | 35,030 | | | | | |
| Electoral Registration | 14,129 | 41,850 | | | | |
Total | | 117,634 | 369,584 | 78,266 | | 95,461 | 660,945 |
Industry | Road Safety | | 95,173 | 58,750 | 18,457 | | |
Total | | | | | | | |
Environment | Council House Sales | 56,677 | 16,743 | | | | |
| Right to Buy | | 94,739 | | | | |
Total | | 56,677 | 111,482 | | | | 168,159 |
Grand Total | | 174,311 | 576,239 | 137,016 | 18,457 | 95,461 | 1,001,484 |
1996-97 |
Department | Campaign | Press | TV | Radio | Poster | Cinema | Totals |
Education and Industry | Pre-School Vouchers | 206,677 | 205,986 | 29,299 | | | |
| Road Safety | | | 55,844 | 20,095 | 157,834 | |
Total | | 206,677 | 205,986 | 85,143 | 20,095 | 157,834 | 675,735 |
Development Department | Right To Buy | 74,613 | | | | | |
Total | | 74,613 | | | | | 74,613 |
Agriculture/ Environment/ Fisheries | Severe Weather | | 32,607 | | | | |
| Food Safety | 367,322 | 113,975 | 3,296 | | | |
Total | | 367,322 | 146,582 | 3,296 | | | 517,200 |
Home and Health Department | Children's Panels | 24,518 | | 50,561 | | | |
| Crime Prevention | 159,685 | | 104,901 | 105,567 | | |
| Electoral Registration | 13,682 | 63,268 | | | | |
| Organ Donors | 41,256 | | | | | |
| Fire Prevention | | 201,680 | 38,355 | | | |
Total | | 239,141 | 264,948 | 193,817 | 105,567 | | 803,473 |
Grand Total | | 887,753 | 617,516 | 282,256 | 125,662 | 157,834 | 2,071,021 |
1997-98 |
Department | Campaign (£) | Press (£) | TV (£) | Radio (£) | Poster (£) | Cinema (£) | Total (£) |
Home Department | Absent Voters | 40,379 | | | | | |
| Electoral Registration | 18,474 | | 27,026 | | | |
| Police Recruitment | 5,779 | | | | 72,736 | 72,736 |
| Fire Prevention | 60,287 | 146,581 | | | | |
TOTAL | | 124,919 | 146,581 | 27,026 | | | 298,526 |
Health Department | Organ Donors | 39,879 | | | | | |
TOTAL | | 39,879 | | | | | 39,879 |
Education and Industry | Road Safety | | | 75,751 | 20,992 | | |
| Pre-School Vouchers | 52,904 | 137,470 | 2,668 | | | |
Total | | 52,904 | 137,470 | 78,419 | 20,992 | | 289,785 |
AEFD | Severe Weather | 39,339 | | | | | |
| Food Safety | 20,982 | | | | | |
Total | | 60,321 | | | | | 60,321 |
Grand Total | | 278,023 | 284,051 | 105,445 | 20,992 | | 688,511 |
1998-99 |
Department | Campaign | Press | TV | Radio | Poster | Cinema | Totals |
Health Department | Childrens Panels | 25,332 | 70,500 | | | | |
| Food Safety | | 20,412 | | | | |
| NHS White Paper | 76,440 | | | | | |
| Nursing Recruitment | 55,829 | 169,670 | 32,831 | | | |
| Pharmacy - Point of Dispensing | 26,187 | | 18,347 | | | |
Total | | 183,788 | 260,582 | 51,178 | | | 495,548 |
Home | Electoral Registration | 35,385 | | | | | |
| Fire Prevention | 44,544 | 164,312 | | | | |
| Fostering | 51,419 | | 28,172 | | | |
| Domestic Violence | 115,198 | 270,715 | 67,894 | | | |
Total | | 246,546 | 435,027 | 96,066 | | | 777,639 |
Development Department | Commission on Local Government | 37,840 | | | | | |
Total | | 37,840 | | | | | 37,840 |
Education and Industry | Road Safety | | 309,557 | | 11,760 | 116,589 | |
| Further Education | 29,655 | | 39,984 | | | |
Total | | 29,655 | 309,557 | 39,984 | 11,760 | 116,589 | 507,545 |
Central Services | Scottish Parliament Campaign | 359,944 | 434,750 | 51,815 | | | 846,509 |
| Democratising Scotland | 110,408 | | 77,126 | | | 187,534 |
Total | | 470,352 | 434,750 | 128,941 | | | 1,034,043 |
Grand Total | | 968,181 | 1,439,916 | 316,169 | 11,760 | 116,589 | 2,852,615 |
1999-2000 |
Department | Campaign (£) | Press (£) | TV (£) | Radio (£) | Poster (£) | Cinema (£) | Total (£) |
Central Services | Census | 3,661 | | 1,681 | | | |
| Scotland's Parliament | 288,522 | 280,107 | | | | |
Total | | 292,183 | 280,107 | 1,681 | | | 573,971 |
Justice | Domestic Abuse | 105,293 | 75,000 | | | | |
| Electoral Registration | 25,036 | | | | | |
| Childrens Hearings | 32,769 | | 52,840 | | | |
| Fire Prevention | | 136,313 | | | | |
| European Elections | 30,217 | | | | | |
Total | | 193,315 | 211,313 | 52,840 | | | 457,468 |
Ag, Env and Fisheries | Food Safety | 29,035 | | | | | |
| Healthy Christmas | 80,640 | | | | | |
Total | | 109,675 | | | | | £109,675 |
Education and Industry | Teacher Recruitment | 46,496 | | 37,267 | | | |
| Road Safety | | 425,365 | 47,570 | 107,156 | 83,447 | |
| Child Care | 31,922 | | 31,922 | | | |
Total | | 78,418 | 425,635 | 116,759 | 107,156 | 83,447 | 811,145 |
Grand Total | | 673,591 | 916,785 | 171,280 | 107,156 | 83,447 | 1,952,259 |
2000-01 |
Department | Campaign (£) | Press (£) | TV (£) | Radio (£) | Poster (£) | Cinema (£) | Total (£) |
Health | Alcohol Abuse | | 220,900 | | | | |
| Food Safety | 25,658 | | | | | |
| Lead in Water | 61,752 | | | | | |
| NHS Fraud | 121,942 | | | | | |
| NHS Helpline | 131,578 | | | | | |
| Drug Enforcement | 43,204 | | | 10,910 | | |
| Winter Flu Campaign | 195,848 | 384,698 | | | | |
| Retention of Organs | 53,597 | | | | | |
Total | | 633,579 | 605,598 | | 10,910 | | 1,250,087 |
Justice | Fire Prevention | 144,824 | | | | | |
| Domestic Abuse | | 315,010 | | | 70,820 | |
| Fostering | 32,443 | | | | | |
Total | | 177,267 | 315,010 | | | 70,820 | 563,097 |
Env and Trans | Road Safety | | 770,912 | 84,307 | 52,252 | 152,895 | |
| Safer Scotland | 140,119 | | | | | |
| Travel Awareness | | 175,000 | | | | |
Total | | 140,119 | 945,912 | 84,307 | 52,252 | 152,895 | 1,375,485 |
Education | Child Care | 119,917 | | | | | |
| Children's Panel | | | 105,408 | | | |
Total | | 119,917 | | 105,408 | | | 225.325 |
Grand Total | | 1,070,882 | 1,866,520 | 189,715 | 63,162 | 223,715 | 3,413,994 |
2001-02 |
Department | Campaign (£) | Press (£) | TV (£) | Radio (£) | Poster (£) | Cinema (£) | Total (£) |
Central Services | Census | 100,102 | 372,921 | 52,830 | 58,072 | | |
Total | | 100,102 | 372,921 | 52,830 | 58,072 | | 583,925 |
Health | Children's Panel | 166,723 | 33,032 | | 1,826 | | |
| Drugs Camp | 48,203 | 809,116 | 39,646 | 236,124 | 42,420 | |
| Flu | 138,494 | 389,074 | | 38,525 | | |
| NHS Helpline | 110,495 | | | | | |
| NHS Fraud | 29,920 | | | | | |
| Prevention of Suicide | | | 23,500 | | | |
| Alcohol Abuse | 229,145 | | | | | |
Total | | 722,980 | 1,231,222 | 63,146 | 276,475 | 42,420 | 2,336,243 |
Education | Teacher Recruitment | 72,911 | 238,054 | | | | |
Total | | 72,911 | 238,054 | | | | 310,965 |
Justice | Fire Prevention | 175,763 | 82,694 | 39,008 | | | |
| Domestic Abuse | 92,093 | 287,039 | | 109,708 | 60,103 | |
| Child Protection on the Internet | 74,466 | | 59,735 | 10,273 | 41,829 | |
Total | | 342,322 | 369,733 | 98,743 | 119,981 | 101,932 | 1,032,711 |
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Env and Trans | Road Safety | | 769,105 | 125,167 | 244,144 | 201,748 | |
| Travel Awareness | | 132,188 | 29,174 | 155,648 | | |
| Environment | 72,898 | 988,105 | | 87,020 | | |
| Litter | | | | 118,934 | | |
Total | | 72,898 | 1,889,398 | 154,341 | 605,746 | 201,748 | 2,924,131 |
Grand Total | | 1,311,213 | 4,101,328 | 369,060 | 1,060,274 | 346,100 | 7,187,975 |