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

The delivery of enhancements to the East Coast Main Line, including the proposed construction of a new parkway station at Musselburgh is a matter for the Strategic Rail Authority.

I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-34503. 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.

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.

This is a matter for those agencies, such as the Lothian NHS Board and Edinburgh City Council, which are responsible for services related to autistic spectrum disorders.

Services related to autistic spectrum disorders within Edinburgh, and the distribution of resources to them, are matters for the Lothian NHS Board, Edinburgh City Council and other local agencies.

Changing Children's Services Fund resources have been distributed to local authorities and their partners for the financial year 2002-03. Where it has not been possible to spend those resources fully in that financial year, the Scottish Executive has on application allowed for those resources not to be recouped but to be available for the following financial year.

The importance of better integrated services for children and their parents, including those affected by autistic spectrum disorder, has been emphasised in a range of publications including the report For Scotland's Children: better integrated services for children, published in October 2001. The Cabinet Sub-Committee on Children's Services, chaired by the First Minister, is driving this agenda forward within the Scottish Executive. At local level a range of organisations, including local authorities, the NHS and the voluntary sector are contributing to this agenda.

A range of agencies could contribute to addressing the needs of pre-school children diagnosed with autistic spectrum disorder, including the NHS and local authority social work departments.

I have set the Registers of Scotland the following key targets for 2003-04:To achieve a return of 15% on net capital employed over the three-year period ending 31 March 2004.To reduce the standard production cost index by 2% by 31 March 2004 from its base at 31 March 2003.To continue to operate at Service First Charter Mark standards measured through market research; to increase accuracy, speed of response and value for money performance by a further 5% measured through the annual customer survey, and to process 97% of all other enquiries in compliance with the agency's customer service standard.To achieve recording and registration turnaround times:- averaging 15, but not exceeding 25 working days for Sasine Writs;- averaging 25, but not exceeding 30 working days for Dealings with Whole;- averaging 105, but not exceeding 125 working days in any quarter for domestic First Registrations, with 70% of all such applications being completed within 125 working days, and- to reduce the average age of the backlog of domestic First Registrations from 30 weeks to 26 weeks.To increase the income from the agency's information services by 5% more than income in 2002-03.To achieve a registration accuracy of at least 97% during 2003-04.Achievement of these targets will ensure that homebuyers receive an improved and more efficient service over the coming year. The transfer to the Land Register of Banff, Moray, Ross and Cromarty, Caithness, Sutherland, Orkney and Zetland on 1 April 2003 will complete the transfer of counties from the Register of Sasines to the Land Register. From that date the Land Register will be in operation across the whole of Scotland.