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Direction 2004 Local Government Act 1992

The Accounts Commission for Scotland has a duty under the Local Government Act 1992 to direct local authorities to publish certain information on their performa

Maintaining Scotland's roads 2004

This report says that a backlog of road maintenance has been building up for around ten years; 13% of the network (7,000 km) is now in need of repair.

Scottish Fire Services: Second verification of the progress of modernisation

This report finds that all fire authorities have made improvements. However modernisation is a long term project and there is still more work to be done.

Scottish Prison Service: Contract for the provision of prisoner escort and court custody services

This report finds that the Scottish Prison Service followed the rules when handling the tender process for prisoner escort and court custody services in Scotlan

Adapting to the future: Management of community equipment and adaptations. A baseline report

This report says that councils and the NHS need to do more to improve the planning, organisation and delivery of equipment and adaptation services to support pe

An overview of the performance of the NHS in Scotland 2004

This is the first Audit Scotland report on the overall performance of the NHS in Scotland.

A job worth doing: Raising the standard of internal audit in Scottish councils - a follow-up report

The standard of internal audit in Scottish councils has improved since 2001.

Managing housing voids: The impact of low demand properties

This Accounts Commission and Communities Scotland joint report looks at how councils and Registered Social Landlords manage empty and low demand houses.The repo