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A job worth doing - Raising the standard of internal audit in Scottish councils
The report assesses the level of councils' compliance with the CIPFA Code of Practice for Internal Audit in Local Government and concludes that the stand
A safer place: revisited - A review of progress in property risk management in schools
In 1997 the Accounts Commission issued recommendations to councils on tackling property crime in schools.
Progress report on Inverclyde Council - S.R. 2001/3
The Accounts Commission has welcomed evidence of a significant improvement in financial management at Inverclyde Council.
Overview of the 1999/2000 Local Authority Audits
The Accounts Commission remains concerned that, four years after local government reorganisation, there are still weaknesses in many councils' financial systems
A good start - Commissioning pre-school education
Councils in Scotland have met the Scottish Executive target for guaranteeing free pre-school education for all four-year-olds and are already close to meeting t
Benefits, Finance and Corporate issues - Performance indicators 1999/2000
The report highlights that Scotland's councils collected just over 88% of the £1.26billion council tax due for the year, within 1999/2000.
Getting to know your services - A step-by-step guide to developing and using information portfolios to monitor and report performance
Audit Scotland has produced a paper to support the development of performance information in councils.
Regulatory services - Performance indicators 1999/2000
The report shows that nearly nine out of ten food hygiene inspections in higher risk premises are undertaken within time, 94% of complaints noise complaints wer
