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Influenza Pandemic

Mr. Hancock: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what plans each local authority in Hampshire has in place for action in the event of a pandemic, in relation to (a) their own staff, (b) maintaining their statutory services and (c) tending to the wider population; and if he will make a statement. [43872]

Mr. Jim Murphy: I have been asked to reply.

The Government does not systematically collect information on the emergency plans and business continuity arrangements maintained by individual local authorities.

Part 1 of the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 establishes a statutory framework for civil protection activity at the local level. Under this legislation all principal local authorities are required to maintain emergency plans and business continuity arrangements, informed by risk assessments, to ensure that they can mobilise an effective emergency response, and are able to continue to exercise their other functions during a full range of emergencies, including health emergencies. The legislation also requires local authorities and other key partners to exercise these plans. The performance of English local authorities against the duties set out in the Act will be assessed by the Audit Commission as part of the Comprehensive Performance Assessment.

The Government have issued tailored guidance to local authorities and other local responders via the Regional Resilience Teams in the Government Offices to inform local planning for a flu pandemic.

Mr. Austin Mitchell: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how much has been spent in respect of each stock transfer since 1997 on (a) set-up costs, (b) early redemption penalties, (c) debt write-off, (d) gap funding and (e) subsidy to registered social landlords, broken down by local authority. [40847]

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Yvette Cooper: The following table provides figures in respect of: set up costs; the amount of local authority debt repaid by Central Government where the transfer generated a receipt insufficient to pay off the outstanding debt; and gap funding grant (this is in lieu

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of continued subsidy of the debt through the HRA). The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister does not separately log the figures in respect of early redemption penalties. Subsidy is not paid to registered social landlords as part of stock transfer.
Large scale voluntary transfers since 1997 £ million

Local authority Date of transfer Set-up costs Overhanging debt paid Gap funding-spend up to 31 December 2005

Cotswold DC 28 February 1997 2.37 — —

South Staffs C 7 March 1997 2.06 — —

Lichfield DC 19 March 1997 2.08 — —

South Oxfordshire DC 7 July 1997 3.19 — —

Eden C 22 September 1997 1.18 — —

LB Lambeth⁽¹²⁾ Moorlands 5 January 1998 0.40 — —

LB Bexley 9 February 1998 2.19 — —

LB Bexley 9 February 1998 1.81 — —

Congleton BC 2 March 1998 2.17 — —

Oldham BC⁽¹²⁾ Limehurst 9 March 1998 0.257 — —

Liverpool CC⁽¹²⁾Windermere 19 March 1998 0.197 — —

LB Merton⁽¹²⁾ Pollards Hill 23/ March 1998 0.56 — —

LB Tower Hamlets⁽¹²⁾ Poplar I 23 March 1998 1.26 — —

Kerrier DC 23 March 1998 1.58 — —

LB Hackney⁽¹²⁾ Kingsmead 30 March 1998 0.39 — —

LB Brent⁽¹²⁾ Fortunegate/Church End 30 March 1998 1.37 — —

Basildon C⁽¹²⁾ Vange 30 March 1998 0.28 — —

West Somerset DC 30 march 1998 1.98 — —

Stoke-on-Trent CC ⁽¹²⁾ Bentilee 31 March 1998 0.65 — —

Tewksbury BC 27 April 1998 2.09 — —

Rother DC 1 May 1998 1.02 — —

LB Lambeth⁽¹²⁾ Lansdowne Green 20 July 1998 0.25 — —

LB Tower Hamlets⁽¹²⁾ Poplar II 7 December 1998 1.15 — —

Wurral⁽¹²⁾ Leasowe 25 January 1999 0.45 — —

Tameside⁽¹²⁾ West Ashton 1 February 1999 0.10 — —

West Devon BC 22 February 1999 0.4 — —

South Somerset DC 1 March 1999 5 — —

East Lindsey DC 1 March 1999 3.86 — —

Liverpool CC⁽¹²⁾ Pinehurst 5 March 1999 0.25 — —

LB Hackney⁽¹²⁾ Morningside 15 March 1999 0.46 — —

LB Hammersmith & Fulham⁽¹²⁾ Old Oak 17 March 1999 0.28 — —

LB Hackney⁽¹²⁾Upper Clapton 22 March 1999 0.37 — —

Telford and Wrekin C 25 march 1999 4.2 — —

Worthing BC 29 March 1999 1.603 — —

Bath & North East Somerset C 29 March 1999 2.4 — —

Manchester CC⁽¹²⁾ East Wythenshawe 29 March 1999 2.90 — —

LB Greenwich⁽¹²⁾ Charlton Triangle 29 March 1999 0.50 — —

LB Hackney⁽¹²⁾ Haggerston 29 March 1999 0.26 — —

Allerdale BC⁽¹²⁾ Salterbeck 31 March 1999 0.29 — —

Preston BC⁽¹²⁾ Avenham 14 June 1999 0.45 — —

LB Lambeth⁽¹²⁾ Central Stockwell 5 July 1999 0.94 — —

Birmingham CC⁽¹²⁾ Central Areas 21 June 1999 0.87 — —

LB Islington⁽¹²⁾ Barnsbury 26 September 1999 0.246 — —

LB Islington⁽¹²⁾ Ten Estates 26 September 1999 0.271 — —

Liverpool CC⁽¹²⁾ Speke Garston 4 October 1999 1.87 — —

West Lindsey DC 18 October 1999 2.5 — —

LB Lambeth⁽¹²⁾ St Martins 25 October 1999 0.61 — —

Boston BC 29 November 1999 1.6 — —

Tynedale DC 20 December 1999 2.1 — —

Newcastle under Lyme BC 31 January 2000 4.08 — —

Restormel BC 7 February 2000 1.211 — —

Manchester CC (Colshaw Farm) 14 February 2000 0.45 — —

North Devon DC 21 February 2000 2.99 — —

LB Hackney⁽¹²⁾ Stamford Hill 6 March 2000 0.45 — —

LB Hackney⁽¹²⁾ Pembury Estate 6 March 2000 0.5 — —

Burnley BC 8 March 2000 2.25 21 —

Manchester CC Sale Estate 20 March 2000 0.45 — —

Weymouth and Portland C 20 March 2000 2.4 — —

Huntington DC 20 March 2000 4.4 — —

Elmbridge BC 27 March 2000 4.2 — —

Test Valley BC 27 March 2000 5.1 — —

Wyre Forest DC 27 March 2000 4.1 — —

Manchester CC Whitefield Estate 27 March 2000 0.5 — —

LB Tower Hamlets⁽¹²⁾ THCH 27 March 2000 0.54 — —

Tameside MBC 27 March 2000 9.28 — —

LB Richmond 17 July 2000 3 — —

Coventry CC 22 September 2000 7.703 111.7 —

Fylde BC 2 October 2000 1.06 — —

Chester CC 27 November 2000 2.33 — —

Horsham DC 11 December 2000 2.4 — —

East Northamptonshire DC 19 February 2001 0.25 — —

Torbay BC 19 February 2001 1.992 — —

Staffordshire Moorlands DC 23 February 2001 1.11 — —

Calderdale MBC 6 march 2001 3.9 64.6 —

Chichester DC 13 March 2001 2.52 — —

Mendip DC 19 March 2001 2.13 — —

West Wiltshire DC 26 March 2001 0.95 — —

West Oxfordshire DC 26 March 2001 2.22 — —

East Staffordshire BC 26 March 2001 1.295 — —

Manchester CC Handforth Estate 26 March 2001 0.36 — —

Sunderland CC 26 March 2001 1.336 — —

Blackburn with Darwen BC 28 March 2001 3.1 78.9 —

Shrewsbury & Atcham BC 1 October 2001 3.03 — —

Mid-Bedfordshire DC 5 November 2001 1.5 — —

Derbyshire Dales 4 March 2002 1.45 — —

Chelsmford BC 11 march 2002 3.39 — —

East Hertfordshire DC 18 March 2002 2.37 — —

Erewash BC 25 March 2002 1.59 — —

Reigate & Banstead BC 25 March 2002 2.36 — —

St Edmunsbury 24 June 2002 3 — —

Vale Royal BC 1 July 2002 1.47 — —

St Helens MBC 1 July 2002 6.48 87.2 —

Redcar & Cleveland BC 15 July 2002 5.76 25.4 —

Knowsley MBC 15 July 2002 5.97 126.1 —

LB Waltham Forest 30 September 2002 0.52969 — —

County of Hertfordshire C 25 November 2002 1.95 — —

Carlisle CC 09 December 2002 8.73 18 —

Rushcliffe BC 20 January 2003 1.6 —

City of Bradford 24 February 2003 10.028 182.8 —

Amber Valley BC 24 February 2003 2.3 — —

Crewe and Nantwich BC 10 March 2003 1.4 — —

Walsall MBC (majority of stock) 27 March 2003 15.2 as below —

Walsall MBC (tenant managed stock) 27 March 2003 2.6 108.7 —

Craven DC 31 March 2003 2.36 — —

Forest of Dean DC 31 March 2003 1.7 — —

North Hertfordshire DC 31 March 2003 2.22 — —

Manchester CC (East Manchester) 8 September 2003 2.62 — —

Scarborough BC 15 December 2003 1.875 — —

Maidstone BC 2 February 2004 2.6 — —

Cherwell 29 March 2004 2.36 — —

Bromsgrove 29 March 2004 2.18 — —

Hartlepool 29 March 2004 2.7 65.709 —

Liverpool (Kensington) 29 March 2004 0.36 — —

Worcester 31 March 2004 1.83 25.23 —

South Norfolk 17 May 2004 2.5 — —

Copeland BC 7 June 2004 1.37 15.81 —

Purbeck 28 June 2004 0.93 — —

Manchester (Woodhouse Park)⁽¹³⁾ 4 October 2004 — 44 —

Peterborough 4 October 2004 3.533 — —

Forest Heath 11 October 2004 2.438 — —

Middlesbrough 15 November 2004 9.77 138.8 —

LB Tower Hamlets Tarling East⁽¹³⁾ 20 December 2004 — 2.51 —

Wirral 7 February 2005 5.09 111.58 —

LB Islington Grove Estate⁽¹³⁾ 21 December 2005 — 16.20 —

Trafford 14 March 2005 5.30 30.50 —

LB Lambeth Kennington Park** 21 March 2005 — 13.53 —

LB Tower Hamlets Crossways⁽¹³⁾ 21 March 2005 — 8.21 —

North East Lincolnshire 21 March 2005 2.90 61.37 6.18

Wakefield 21 March 2005 10.15 148.97 —

LB Tower Hamlets (Mile End East)⁽¹³⁾ 11 April 2005 — 27.40 —

Manchester CC (Haughton Green) 18 April 2005 0.50 19.27 —

LB Tower Hamlets (Leopold and Burdett West)⁽¹³⁾ 1 August 2005 — 12.21 0.538

LB Tower Hamlets (Sheltered)⁽¹³⁾ 14 November 2005 — 6.85 0.073

Islington (Ringcross)⁽¹³⁾ 28 November 2005 — 5.11 —

Preston CC⁽¹³⁾ 28 November 2005 — 65.63 0.500

Halton 5 December 2005 3.62 40.54 —

Tower Hamlets (Island Homes)⁽¹³⁾ 5 December 2005 — 36.20 —

— 299.430 1720.040 7.291

⁽¹²⁾ Relates to set up costs paid as part of the Estates Renewal Challenge Fund (ERCF) programme
⁽¹³⁾ Local authority has not requested set up costs

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Local authority	Date of transfer	Set-up costs	Overhanging debt paid	Gap funding-spend up to 31 December 2005
Cotswold DC	28 February 1997	2.37	—	—
South Staffs C	7 March 1997	2.06	—	—
Lichfield DC	19 March 1997	2.08	—	—
South Oxfordshire DC	7 July 1997	3.19	—	—
Eden C	22 September 1997	1.18	—	—
LB Lambeth⁽¹²⁾ Moorlands	5 January 1998	0.40	—	—
LB Bexley	9 February 1998	2.19	—	—
LB Bexley	9 February 1998	1.81	—	—
Congleton BC	2 March 1998	2.17	—	—
Oldham BC⁽¹²⁾ Limehurst	9 March 1998	0.257	—	—
Liverpool CC⁽¹²⁾Windermere	19 March 1998	0.197	—	—
LB Merton⁽¹²⁾ Pollards Hill	23/ March 1998	0.56	—	—
LB Tower Hamlets⁽¹²⁾ Poplar I	23 March 1998	1.26	—	—
Kerrier DC	23 March 1998	1.58	—	—
LB Hackney⁽¹²⁾ Kingsmead	30 March 1998	0.39	—	—
LB Brent⁽¹²⁾ Fortunegate/Church End	30 March 1998	1.37	—	—
Basildon C⁽¹²⁾ Vange	30 March 1998	0.28	—	—
West Somerset DC	30 march 1998	1.98	—	—
Stoke-on-Trent CC ⁽¹²⁾ Bentilee	31 March 1998	0.65	—	—
Tewksbury BC	27 April 1998	2.09	—	—
Rother DC	1 May 1998	1.02	—	—
LB Lambeth⁽¹²⁾ Lansdowne Green	20 July 1998	0.25	—	—
LB Tower Hamlets⁽¹²⁾ Poplar II	7 December 1998	1.15	—	—
Wurral⁽¹²⁾ Leasowe	25 January 1999	0.45	—	—
Tameside⁽¹²⁾ West Ashton	1 February 1999	0.10	—	—
West Devon BC	22 February 1999	0.4	—	—
South Somerset DC	1 March 1999	5	—	—
East Lindsey DC	1 March 1999	3.86	—	—
Liverpool CC⁽¹²⁾ Pinehurst	5 March 1999	0.25	—	—
LB Hackney⁽¹²⁾ Morningside	15 March 1999	0.46	—	—
LB Hammersmith & Fulham⁽¹²⁾ Old Oak	17 March 1999	0.28	—	—
LB Hackney⁽¹²⁾Upper Clapton	22 March 1999	0.37	—	—
Telford and Wrekin C	25 march 1999	4.2	—	—
Worthing BC	29 March 1999	1.603	—	—
Bath & North East Somerset C	29 March 1999	2.4	—	—
Manchester CC⁽¹²⁾ East Wythenshawe	29 March 1999	2.90	—	—
LB Greenwich⁽¹²⁾ Charlton Triangle	29 March 1999	0.50	—	—
LB Hackney⁽¹²⁾ Haggerston	29 March 1999	0.26	—	—
Allerdale BC⁽¹²⁾ Salterbeck	31 March 1999	0.29	—	—
Preston BC⁽¹²⁾ Avenham	14 June 1999	0.45	—	—
LB Lambeth⁽¹²⁾ Central Stockwell	5 July 1999	0.94	—	—
Birmingham CC⁽¹²⁾ Central Areas	21 June 1999	0.87	—	—
LB Islington⁽¹²⁾ Barnsbury	26 September 1999	0.246	—	—
LB Islington⁽¹²⁾ Ten Estates	26 September 1999	0.271	—	—
Liverpool CC⁽¹²⁾ Speke Garston	4 October 1999	1.87	—	—
West Lindsey DC	18 October 1999	2.5	—	—
LB Lambeth⁽¹²⁾ St Martins	25 October 1999	0.61	—	—
Boston BC	29 November 1999	1.6	—	—
Tynedale DC	20 December 1999	2.1	—	—
Newcastle under Lyme BC	31 January 2000	4.08	—	—
Restormel BC	7 February 2000	1.211	—	—
Manchester CC (Colshaw Farm)	14 February 2000	0.45	—	—
North Devon DC	21 February 2000	2.99	—	—
LB Hackney⁽¹²⁾ Stamford Hill	6 March 2000	0.45	—	—
LB Hackney⁽¹²⁾ Pembury Estate	6 March 2000	0.5	—	—
Burnley BC	8 March 2000	2.25	21	—
Manchester CC Sale Estate	20 March 2000	0.45	—	—
Weymouth and Portland C	20 March 2000	2.4	—	—
Huntington DC	20 March 2000	4.4	—	—
Elmbridge BC	27 March 2000	4.2	—	—
Test Valley BC	27 March 2000	5.1	—	—
Wyre Forest DC	27 March 2000	4.1	—	—
Manchester CC Whitefield Estate	27 March 2000	0.5	—	—
LB Tower Hamlets⁽¹²⁾ THCH	27 March 2000	0.54	—	—
Tameside MBC	27 March 2000	9.28	—	—
LB Richmond	17 July 2000	3	—	—
Coventry CC	22 September 2000	7.703	111.7	—
Fylde BC	2 October 2000	1.06	—	—
Chester CC	27 November 2000	2.33	—	—
Horsham DC	11 December 2000	2.4	—	—
East Northamptonshire DC	19 February 2001	0.25	—	—
Torbay BC	19 February 2001	1.992	—	—
Staffordshire Moorlands DC	23 February 2001	1.11	—	—
Calderdale MBC	6 march 2001	3.9	64.6	—
Chichester DC	13 March 2001	2.52	—	—
Mendip DC	19 March 2001	2.13	—	—
West Wiltshire DC	26 March 2001	0.95	—	—
West Oxfordshire DC	26 March 2001	2.22	—	—
East Staffordshire BC	26 March 2001	1.295	—	—
Manchester CC Handforth Estate	26 March 2001	0.36	—	—
Sunderland CC	26 March 2001	1.336	—	—
Blackburn with Darwen BC	28 March 2001	3.1	78.9	—
Shrewsbury & Atcham BC	1 October 2001	3.03	—	—
Mid-Bedfordshire DC	5 November 2001	1.5	—	—
Derbyshire Dales	4 March 2002	1.45	—	—
Chelsmford BC	11 march 2002	3.39	—	—
East Hertfordshire DC	18 March 2002	2.37	—	—
Erewash BC	25 March 2002	1.59	—	—
Reigate & Banstead BC	25 March 2002	2.36	—	—
St Edmunsbury	24 June 2002	3	—	—
Vale Royal BC	1 July 2002	1.47	—	—
St Helens MBC	1 July 2002	6.48	87.2	—
Redcar & Cleveland BC	15 July 2002	5.76	25.4	—
Knowsley MBC	15 July 2002	5.97	126.1	—
LB Waltham Forest	30 September 2002	0.52969	—	—
County of Hertfordshire C	25 November 2002	1.95	—	—
Carlisle CC	09 December 2002	8.73	18	—
Rushcliffe BC	20 January 2003	1.6		—
City of Bradford	24 February 2003	10.028	182.8	—
Amber Valley BC	24 February 2003	2.3	—	—
Crewe and Nantwich BC	10 March 2003	1.4	—	—
Walsall MBC (majority of stock)	27 March 2003	15.2	as below	—
Walsall MBC (tenant managed stock)	27 March 2003	2.6	108.7	—
Craven DC	31 March 2003	2.36	—	—
Forest of Dean DC	31 March 2003	1.7	—	—
North Hertfordshire DC	31 March 2003	2.22	—	—
Manchester CC (East Manchester)	8 September 2003	2.62	—	—
Scarborough BC	15 December 2003	1.875	—	—
Maidstone BC	2 February 2004	2.6	—	—
Cherwell	29 March 2004	2.36	—	—
Bromsgrove	29 March 2004	2.18	—	—
Hartlepool	29 March 2004	2.7	65.709	—
Liverpool (Kensington)	29 March 2004	0.36	—	—
Worcester	31 March 2004	1.83	25.23	—
South Norfolk	17 May 2004	2.5	—	—
Copeland BC	7 June 2004	1.37	15.81	—
Purbeck	28 June 2004	0.93	—	—
Manchester (Woodhouse Park)⁽¹³⁾	4 October 2004	—	44	—
Peterborough	4 October 2004	3.533	—	—
Forest Heath	11 October 2004	2.438	—	—
Middlesbrough	15 November 2004	9.77	138.8	—
LB Tower Hamlets Tarling East⁽¹³⁾	20 December 2004	—	2.51	—
Wirral	7 February 2005	5.09	111.58	—
LB Islington Grove Estate⁽¹³⁾	21 December 2005	—	16.20	—
Trafford	14 March 2005	5.30	30.50	—
LB Lambeth Kennington Park**	21 March 2005	—	13.53	—
LB Tower Hamlets Crossways⁽¹³⁾	21 March 2005	—	8.21	—
North East Lincolnshire	21 March 2005	2.90	61.37	6.18
Wakefield	21 March 2005	10.15	148.97	—
LB Tower Hamlets (Mile End East)⁽¹³⁾	11 April 2005	—	27.40	—
Manchester CC (Haughton Green)	18 April 2005	0.50	19.27	—
LB Tower Hamlets (Leopold and Burdett West)⁽¹³⁾	1 August 2005	—	12.21	0.538
LB Tower Hamlets (Sheltered)⁽¹³⁾	14 November 2005	—	6.85	0.073
Islington (Ringcross)⁽¹³⁾	28 November 2005	—	5.11	—
Preston CC⁽¹³⁾	28 November 2005	—	65.63	0.500
Halton	5 December 2005	3.62	40.54	—
Tower Hamlets (Island Homes)⁽¹³⁾	5 December 2005	—	36.20	—

	—	299.430	1720.040	7.291

Mr. Meacher: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how much was raised by right-to-buy sales in each local authority in each year since 1997; how much was retained by each local authority in each year; how much was (a) transferred from local authority control for other purposes and (b) not permitted to be used for housing purposes by the local authority; and what percentage the amount transferred from local authority control and not permitted to be used for housing purposes represents as a percentage of the amount from right to buy sales put into housing revenue accounts in each case in each year. [56380]

Yvette Cooper [holding answer 7 March 2006]: I have placed in the Library of the House the available information on right to buy sales in each local authority in each year since 1997 and the available information on

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the total housing capital receipts for each local authority and the amount each authority has been required either to set aside for debt repayment or to pay to the Secretary of State under the pooling arrangements.

The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister has no information on what uses each local authority makes of the proportion of the housing capital receipt they are entitled to retain. Local authorities may use the retained proportion of the capital receipt for any capital purpose they see fit.

The total national position is summarised in the following table. In 2004–05 the amount paid to Government from all housing receipts (not just right to buy) was £1.7 billion. The amount invested in housing was £4.1 billion. The ratio of amount invested to amount set aside is expected to increase substantially in the future.

Total housing capital receipts (£m) Set Aside/Pooling (£m) Set aside/pooling
as percentage of
housing capital receipts Capital investment (£m) Investment greater than set-aside/pooling by (£m)

1997–98 1,438 943 66 1,894 951

1998–99 1,630 1,085 67 2,098 1,013

1999–2000 2,249 1,477 66 2,173 696

2000–01 2,441 1,626 67 2,866 1,240

2001–02 2,244 1,382 62 2,696 1,314

2002–03 3,474 1,626 47 2,943 1,317

2003–04 3,622 No data n/a 3,964 n/a

2004–05 3,193 1,700 53 4,135 2,435

2005–06 No data ⁽¹⁴⁾840 n/a ⁽¹⁵⁾5,223 4,383

2006–07 No data ⁽¹⁴⁾801 n/a ⁽¹⁵⁾5,347 4,546

2007–08 No data ⁽¹⁴⁾753 n/a ⁽¹⁵⁾5,665 4,912

Note:
Pooling replaced set-aside as the mechanism to invest housing capital receipts in 2004–2005.
⁽¹⁴⁾ Estimated pooled housing capital receipts.
⁽¹⁵⁾ Programmed expenditure.

	Total housing capital receipts (£m)	Set Aside/Pooling (£m)	Set aside/pooling as percentage of housing capital receipts	Capital investment (£m)	Investment greater than set-aside/pooling by (£m)
1997–98	1,438	943	66	1,894	951
1998–99	1,630	1,085	67	2,098	1,013
1999–2000	2,249	1,477	66	2,173	696
2000–01	2,441	1,626	67	2,866	1,240
2001–02	2,244	1,382	62	2,696	1,314
2002–03	3,474	1,626	47	2,943	1,317
2003–04	3,622	No data	n/a	3,964	n/a
2004–05	3,193	1,700	53	4,135	2,435
2005–06	No data	⁽¹⁴⁾840	n/a	⁽¹⁵⁾5,223	4,383
2006–07	No data	⁽¹⁴⁾801	n/a	⁽¹⁵⁾5,347	4,546
2007–08	No data	⁽¹⁴⁾753	n/a	⁽¹⁵⁾5,665	4,912

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