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No national contractual agreement was reached with the Scottish General Practitioners Committee (SGPC) in relation to the involvement of GP practices in the HPV vaccination programme. Therefore this information is not held centrally.

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The healthyliving award scheme does not require participating outlets to measure the trans fat content of foods. The criteria are food group based rather than nutrient based, that is they look at cooking methods and ingredients to meet award aims, rather than requiring nutrient analysis.

Nutrient specifications are only considered where complete products or ready meals are being promoted as healthier options within a catering establishment.

The criteria are designed to help caterers reduce the levels of total fat and saturated fat in the food they serve.

Members of the Scottish Advisory Committee on Drug Misuse (SACDM) were advised in spring 2008 of the Government''s intention to reconstitute SACDM to give it a key role in overseeing the implementation of our national drugs strategy. On 20 April 2009 I announced that SACDM will be replaced by the Drugs Strategy Delivery Commission, with an independent chair and remit, to look afresh at strategic issues. This group will be augmented by a supporting structure of sub-groups on specific issues, including the National Evidence Group. In developing the detail of the new commission we are drawing on advice from a range of sources.

I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-24662 on 18 June 2009. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.

The criteria for the healthyliving award and healthyliving award plus are based on the general principles of a healthy balanced diet to address the dietary concerns in Scotland, namely to reduce the amount of fat (including saturated fat), salt and sugar in food served and to increase the availability of starchy carbohydrates and fruit and vegetables. There are no specific criteria around trans fats.

The criteria are food group based rather than nutrient based, that is they look at cooking methods and ingredients to meet award aims, rather than requiring nutrient analysis.

Nutrient specifications are only considered where complete products or ready meals are being promoted as healthier options within a catering establishment.

Compensation may be payable under Part 1 of the Land Compensation (Scotland) Act 1973 provided qualifying property owners along the new railway line can demonstrate that they have suffered financial loss due to devaluation of a property as a result of the re-opening of the Stirling-Alloa-Kincardine railway line.

Transport Scotland continues to support sustainable transport solutions, including the transfer of goods from road-to-rail across the entire Scottish network, with a view to encouraging a reduction in road congestion hence reducing emissions.

The Home Office is currently consulting on the options to control BZP and GBL, including full control as a Class C drug. A decision on reclassification will be made later in the year. We will ensure that drug treatment services, and other stakeholders are then informed of any change in legislation. In the meantime, we are encouraging our stakeholders to respond to the consultation.

The drug misuse and dependence UK guidelines on clinical management set out how clinicians should treat stimulant users (both BZP and BGL are categorised as stimulants) and we strongly support these guidelines on the basis on which clinicians and other professionals should consider the treatment of patients with drug use problems. We also fund Crew 2000 who have briefed drug action teams on the risks of BZP and GBL and produced an information resource. Following the outcome of the consultation we will consider if further guidance is needed.

It was always the intention that freight trains would run on this line as the business case presented to Parliament provided for both a passenger line to Alloa and freight line to Kincardine.

The line provides a direct route for freight trains supplying Longannet power station from Ayrshire with coal and removing the need to travel between Glasgow and Edinburgh and the Forth Rail Bridge hence the project envisaged that freight would transfer upon completion.

The final cost for the Stirling-Alloa-Kincardine project will not be known until the final account has been agreed. The current estimate for the cost to the Scottish Government, for the construction of the Stirling-Alloa-Kincardine railway project, is in line with previous estimates of circa £85 million.