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The programme is administered by local authorities and housing associations for their own houses as part of the day to day administration of their stock. The amount of fees payable to Eaga for administering the programme in the private sector will depend on the number of systems installed, which in turn depends on the number of eligible households coming forward. It is therefore not possible at present to estimate the total cost, but fees for work in each dwelling will represent less than 7% of the average grant.

The information requested is not held centrally. As independent contractors dentists can choose whether to treat individual patients, and some will only treat adult fee-paying patients privately.

There is no national target waiting time for patients referred to hospital to receive details of their appointment with a consultant. The Electronic Clinical Communications Implementation Programme, which is currently being piloted, will support electronic booking of hospital appointments. This will enable patients, where appropriate, to receive details of their hospital outpatient appointment before leaving the GP surgery.

The following local authority bids were not awarded funding from Round 4 of the Public Transport Fund:East Renfrewshire Council - A77 Fenwick Road Giffnock Reconfiguration.Renfrewshire Council - Paisley Town Centre Quality Bus project and Paisley Interchange study.Argyll & Bute Council - Lismore and Luing Ferry Services project development work. East Renfrewshire Council - Transportation Study for Glasgow Southern Circumferential Route.Orkney Islands - Public Transport Interchange project.Perth & Kinross Council - Interchange and cycle measures studySouth Ayrshire - Multi-modal travel study.Highland Council - Great Glen Transport Axis and Inverness City Centre Improvements Study.Aberdeen City Council - Urban Realm study.East Dunbartonshire Council- Integrated Community Access Plans study Fife Council - Forth Bridgehead Transportation studyNorth Lanarkshire Council - Safer Routes to School project and Quality Bus Corridors StudyWest Lothian Council - Airdrie Bathgate Railway Line reopening studyWESTRANS - park and ride strategy for West of Scotland developmentThere is no bidding process for the Integrated Transport Fund (ITF). ITF funds are allocated at the discretion of ministers.

Nine practices in the area of Lothian NHS Board have indicated that they are not currently accepting new patients.

No specific guidance has been issued to Scottish Executive staff on the operation of the Memorandum of Understanding between the UK Government and the devolved administrations and the concordats between Scottish Executive and UK Government Departments, as these documents themselves constitute guidance to staff.

Following the closure of the Motorola plant in Bathgate, the Motorola Partnership Action for Continuing Employment (PACE) team undertook a review of the likely impact of the closure on the supply base companies. The review concluded that while a few companies had been directly affected, the majority of the 300 suppliers had felt little or no significant impact. This PACE team is currently undertaking a similar review on the supply chain for NEC.Scottish Enterprise wrote to all the supplier companies outlining the assistance that may be available to those companies affected. That could include business advice, assistance and financial support. This package is still available to companies as required.

I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-21949.

The Executive has put in place the Partnership Action for Continuing Employment (PACE) initiative which is a strategic national framework bringing together the relevant local agencies to alleviate redundancy situations. The local PACE teams have provided support to those affected by recent redundancies in West Lothian tailored to individual needs. This includes advice on job searching, core skills training, skills transfer programmes and financial advice. Through InUK, a joint DTI/FCO organisation, the Department of Trade and Industry has assisted in the marketing of the Bathgate site of Motorola.

The latest information on the amount, location and source of radioactive waste presently stored in the UK and predicted to arise in future is contained on the CD-ROM 1998 United Kingdom Radioactive Waste Inventory, a copy of which is available in the Parliament's Reference Centre (Bib. number 8385). The Inventory does not include information on past disposal of waste. Dounreay has operated disposal facilities for low and intermediate level waste which has arisen as a result of past activity on the site. The intermediate level waste disposal facility, the so-called "Dounreay shaft", has not been used since 1977. Details of the waste to be recovered from it are included in the Inventory as it is proposed that it will be removed from the shaft.The consultation document Managing Radioactive Waste Safely began the process to develop a long-term policy for the management of solid radioactive waste in the UK. Future stages of this process will consider options for the storage and disposal of radioactive waste. This is available in the Parliament's Reference Centre (Bib. number 16146).