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The information is not held centrally.

The sum of £26.1 million is the estimated payment to Autolink Concessionaires (M6) Ltd, which maintains and operates the M74 on behalf of the Executive under a 30-year DBFO contract.

This information is not available centrally.

Scottish Executive officials have been working with CoSLA and the Scottish representatives of the local authority body on Food and Trade Standards towards the adoption of an enforcement protocol to improve enforcement of Scottish legislation which prohibits the sale of tobacco products to under 16s and a related public awareness campaign. An announcement about the details of the enforcement package will be made in due course.

There is no definitive list of structures which would constitute "mobile phone masts". Anything which supports antennas for the operation of mobile phone systems could be described as a "mobile phone mast", from purpose built masts to lamp posts and other street furniture.

Information on the numbers of "mobile phone masts" in Scotland is not held centrally. However, as part of the response by the UK Government and the Scottish Executive to the report of the Independent Expert Group on Mobile Phones, the Radiocommunications Agency will be setting up a database of all base stations, i.e. installations with antennas for mobile phone systems.

I announced a five-point Action Plan on Through Ticketing at the Scottish Association for Public Transport AGM in Edinburgh on 18 March. The Action Plan charted the way ahead by building on the joint ticketing arrangements included in the Transport Bill and the commitment to establish a link with the National Public Transport Timetable. The plan has been subsumed by the Transport Direct Initiative announced by DETR in their 10-Year Plan in July, in which the Scottish Executive is committed to playing a full part.

The Scottish Executive is working in partnership with local authorities and transport operators to implement a multi-modal public transport information system covering the whole of Scotland, and with connections to other GB services, by 31 December 2000. The Scottish Executive is contributing up to £1 million towards the capital and set-up costs of the new system.

The revised National Planning Policy Guideline 6: Renewable Energy Developments was published on 30 November.

Building standards have been reviewed and proposals for improved standards to conserve fuel and power were set out in a consultation paper issued on 24 July 2000. Responses were requested by 27 October 2000. Over 60 responses have now been received and are to be considered by a working party of the Building Standards Advisory Committee.

To implement the proposals, which will require significant changes in construction practice, supporting technical guidance has to be prepared. When the standards are complete a three-month standstill period is required while the EC consults other member states to ensure the proposals do not represent a barrier to the trade in construction products. The amendments, which form part of a large set of changes proposed for building standards, will be introduced by Scottish Statutory Instrument, probably in August 2001 to come into force in November 2001.

I refer Ms McLeod to the answer I gave to question S1W-11665 today.