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We have no plans to do so. We took account of all relevant considerations when proposing the boundaries for the park. We had to strike a balance between the desirability of including certain areas for their natural heritage importance and the need to establish a park with a coherent identity.

No. Operational decisions on monitoring and enforcement action are for SEPA.

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

Eurocare Environmental Services Ltd currently holds 52% of the market share of contracts for the disposal of health care clinical waste from NHSScotland.Recent legal action against Eurocare culminated in the imposition of a fine below that considered to have any impact on the delivery of services to NHSScotland. To date, there have been no concerns over the operation of the NHSScotland contract in terms of service quality.

The Scottish Executive is not responsible for the maintenance of the Murray Fountain in James Square, Crieff. Responsibility for the maintenance, repair and protection of statues and monuments lies with the owner, or the body in which it is vested. However, section 96 of the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 enables local authorities to require the owner of any statue or monument not owned by them, which is located in a public place, to keep it in good repair.

Appointments to public bodies are made solely on merit following a fair and open process that involves independent scrutiny. An applicant's political activity or affiliation has no bearing on the criteria for selection.

It has been claimed for many years that Johne's disease, caused by Mycobacterium avium var paratuberculosis (MAP) is at least part of the cause of Crohn's Disease in people. The evidence is inconclusive. The UK Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens reviewed the evidence in 1992 and 1998. On both occasions they concluded that a causal link could not be established on current evidence.

The Executive has no plans to collate information on the percentage of children in private residential care homes that have been prescribed Ritalin and similar class drugs.The decision on whether or not to prescribe a drug for a patient is always a matter for the clinical judgement of the patient's doctor, informed by advice and guidance about the drug.The Scottish Commission for the Regulation of Care (the Care Commission) in regulating services against the legislative requirements and the relevant national care standards requires providers of care homes for children (independent and local authority), to keep accurate up-to-date records of all medicines for the use of service users. These records are kept on the premises from which the care service is provided.

The Surveillance Group on Diseases and Infections of Animals has set up a Surveillance Working Group to look into Johne's disease in the national herd. As part of their remit the group aims to determine:the prevalence of the disease in the national herd;the consequences of the disease in animal health and welfare, andthe development of control measures.

No figures are available for Johne's disease, as it is not a notifiable animal disease.However, the Surveillance Group on Diseases and Infections of Animals has set up a working group and part of its remit will be to look into the prevalence of the disease in the national herd.