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Almost £10 million worth of fraud and errors have been identified following a national detection exercise by Audit Scotland working together with other

Significant amounts of money have been spent improving the conditions inside Scotland’s prisons, but more than one in five prisoners are still sharing

Fewer people are regularly taking part in sport and many facilities need improvement.

Scotland’s colleges are in a healthier financial state overall, and financial performance has improved in the past five years.

The Scottish Government and councils now need to draw up detailed plans to make sure that all the remaining schools are fit for 21st century education.

The Accounts Commission recognises the improvement achieved by local government in Scotland.

Free personal and nursing care needs to be better planned, managed and funded for it to continue to benefit older people in the future.

The performance of the NHS is improving against key targets and boards are managing their finances better.