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Scottish Water isresponsible for sewers which are part of the public sewerage network. TheSewerage (Scotland) Act 1968 makes provisions relating to sewerage in Scotland- section 16 of the act covers ownership of sewers. Scottish Watermaintains records of the public sewerage system and would be happy to field anyenquiries if you approach them with details of the location of the particularsewer(s) under question.

The British MedicalAssociation (BMA), NHS boards and NHS Education for Scotland are members of theModernising Medical Careers (MMC) Scottish Delivery Group and are thereforefully involved in overseeing MMC implementation.  There is also regular contactwith the General Medical Council (GMC) which, in collaboration with thePostgraduate Medical and Training Board (PMETB), recently undertook aninspection of a pilot programme of Quality Assurance of MMC Foundation Trainingin the North of Scotland.

Modernising Medical Careers willbe phased in as specialty training programmes are introduced from August 2007. Thelength of the period of phased introduction will be determined by implementationthat does not compromise patient safety and trainee careers.

I refer the member to the answer given to question S2W-25864 answered on 19 May 2006. All answers towritten parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, thesearch facility for which can be found at: http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.

I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-25865 on 19 May 2006. All answers to written parliamentary questions areavailable on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can befound at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.

This is a matter for NHSScotlandBodies. The information requested is not held centrally.

In recognition of the needto ensure NHSScotland Bodies comply with the ScottishExecutive’s principles and policies on sustainable development, the ScottishExecutive Health Department’s recently revised Environmental ManagementPolicy for NHSScotlandNHSHDL(2006)21requires NHSScotland Bodies to set year-on-year targets for increasing theamounts of waste designated for re-use, recycling or recovery. These targetsare required to be set by individual boards, in accordance with EU, UK andScottish Executive legislation, to contribute to the Executive’s National WastePlan which aims to achieve a national target of 25% recycling and composting ofmunicipal waste by 2006 and 55% by 2020.

Operational guidance on themanagement and disposal of clinical and domestic waste is provided to NHSScotlandby Health Facilities Scotland.

NHSScotland has long beenrecognised as a leader in the field on environmental management which has beenwidely recognised elsewhere in the UK and more recently by the European Health PropertyNetwork.

I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-25864 on 19 May 2006. All answers to written parliamentary questions areavailable on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can befound at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.

The Scottish Executive iscommitted to maintaining and enhancing the quality of medical training and thiswill not be affected by the Home Office’s work permit regulations that cameinto effect on 3 April 2006. The Executive will monitor the impact of thechanges to Home Office work permit regulations on training posts.

The funding of recyclinginitiatives is a matter of local NHS board policy and no central monitoring isundertaken on the way in which funds are allocated.