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Scottish ministers, through Historic Scotland, maintain four Roman sites in Perthshire, including three of the Gask Ridge watchtowers. These sites are featured in our members handbook, which has a distribution of 70,000 and in our Sites Guide, 4,000 of which are sent to media and stakeholders. Their on-site interpretation has been recently replaced incorporating up-to-date research and of course it is recognised that they are only a part of the picture for Roman Perthshire; the broader interpretation of their role within Roman Scotland is covered in publications such as Roman Scotland, by David Breeze and published by Historic Scotland and Batsford Books, reprinted in 2000.

In addition, Historic Scotland has recently provided grant support for an important conference held in Perth (and proceedings recently published as First Contacts), organised by Tayside and Fife Archaeological Committee into the earliest Roman presence in Scotland, looking at archaeological evidence which may show contacts a decade or more before the normally accepted date of the first Roman presence in the north.

There are no Roman sites in the care of Scottish ministers in Angus. Historic Scotland currently has no opportunity to promote Roman history in Angus; although the broader interpretation of Roman Scotland, as a whole, is covered in publications such as Roman Scotland, by David Breeze and published by Historic Scotland and Batsford Books, reprinted in 2000. Historic Scotland also raises the profile of our Roman heritage through active marketing of sites such as the Antonine Wall.

BT has trialled its new Broadband Enabling Technology (BET) in sites in Dingwall and Inverness, but has confirmed that at present, it has no plans to extend its pilot programme to Perth and Kinross or Angus.

It is for each local authority to consider its priorities for managing flooding in its area.

Aberdeenshire, Argyll and Bute, Fife, Orkney and the Councils which are included in the Glasgow and Clyde Valley and Joint Ayrshire Structure Plan areas are all covered by spatial frameworks for wind farms over 20 megawatts. A further 12 authorities are still in the process of preparing spatial frameworks.

Policy relating to the removal of public phone boxes is reserved to the UK government and is governed by regulations prescribed by Ofcom to BT. Information relating to the number of phone boxes which have been removed is not held by the Scottish Government.

The Strategic Transport Projects Review (STPR) outlines a number of transport interventions that will improve trains services to Perth and Kinross.

These include improvements to the Highland Main Line to reduce journey times and improve service frequencies between Perth and Inverness and improvements to the rail line between Aberdeen and the Central Belt, to reduce journey times.

I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-27323 on 24 September 2009. All answers to written parliamentary questions area available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at .

I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-27323 on 24 September 2009. All answers to written parliamentary questions area available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at .

As with all areas of Scotland, Angus is marketed by VisitScotland based on its considerable strengths and its ability to deliver what visitors are looking for on their visit. VisitScotland uses a range of channels including websites, direct mail and PR activity to reach potential visitors across Scotland, the UK and international markets. Angus'' strengths include its many castles and country parks, its Pictish trail and historical centres like the Pictavia Visitor Centre in Brechin and Edzell Castle.