I hope to be able to make an announcement soon on the membership of the expert group on street prostitution.

I hope to be able to make an announcement soon on the expert group on street prostitution.

Current initiatives include the major TV campaign, launched on 4 June by NHS Health Scotland, to raise awareness of the risks of sexually transmitted infections; the development of a National Sexual Health Strategy, which will encompass measures to tackle the rise in such infections, and Healthy Respect, the national health demonstration project currently running in Lothian, which contains a particular focus on promoting young men's sexual health.

Post offices, postal services and Royal Mail Group Plc are reserved matters. The Urban Network Reinvention Programme is operated by the Department of Trade and Industry and the Scottish Executive has no locus in that programme.

I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-34750 on 19 March 2003. 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/webapp/search_wa.Guidance and a summary of the fund are held by the Parliament's Reference Centre (Bib. number 27814), and can also be viewed at: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/about/DD/H3/00014328/page1164695137.aspx.

Post offices, postal services and Royal Mail Group Plc are reserved matters. Post Office Ltd is continually examining the opportunities to expand business and enhance the income streams of the post office network. The Scottish Executive's £2 million fund to Develop Post Offices in Deprived Urban Areas was launched on 30 December 2002 and the Executive is currently participating in Post Office-led discussions about development of the rural network.

The Scottish Budget Equality Statement contained in the Equality Annual Report (February 2003) provides details on how the mainstreaming of equality is having a positive, practical impact on the spending programmes of Executive departments. The commitments made by departments to reducing inequalities in Closing the Opportunity Gap (October 2002) will also be the subject of monitoring and evaluation.In addition, all Scottish Executive funding programmes will be monitored to ensure compliance with the duties placed on public bodies to promote race equality and tackle discrimination by the Race Relations Act 1976 (Statutory Duties) (Scotland) Order 2002.

Women and Transport: Guidance and Checklist was issued to local authorities, Strathclyde Passenger Transport and transport providers in Scotland in July 2002. How the guidance is put into practice is not monitored centrally.

I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-34502 today. 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/webapp/search_wa.

The amount of additional funding, provided from the Spending Review in 2002 over the three years 2003-04, 2004-05 and 2005-06, was as follows:

Police	£317 million
Fire	£72.3 million
Prisons	£15 million

The breakdown for the City of Edinburgh and East Lothian is not available as it is a matter for the relevant Chief Constable, Fire Master or Chief Executive (in conjunction with the Prison Board) to decide how much is allocated within each area. However, the amounts added to Lothian and Borders Police and Lothian and Borders Fire Brigade Grant Aided Expenditure, following the Spending Review were as follows:

	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06
Police	£7 million	£16 million	£26 million
Fire	£1.4 million	£3.5 million	£5.6 million