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Carbon Scrutiny Board - Annual Report 2011/12

Audit Scotland Annual Report and accounts 2011/12

Our annual report and accounts for 2011/12.

Audit Scotland Single Equality Scheme 2012

The Scheme makes our current position on diversity and equality clear, sets out what we intend to do to achieve our aims, and explains how we will monitor our progress.

Working with other countries report 2011/12

A report covering all of Audit Scotland's work with other countries in 2011/12.

Learning the lessons of public body mergers

Public sector mergers need strong leadership from the outset to ensure important decisions are made about the new organisations’ vision, structure and plans.

Midlothian Council: the Audit of Best Value and Community Planning

Midlothian Council has made good progress improving services to deliver Best Value over the last four years. It still faces challenges but is now better placed to address them.

The National Fraud Initiative in Scotland 2010/11

The National Fraud Initiative (NFI) is a counter-fraud exercise that is run every two years with the 2010/11 NFI report being the fourth. The NFI matches electronic data within…

National Scrutiny Plan for Local Government 2012/13

  Assurance and Improvement Plans 2012-15 Aberdeen City (PDF | 293KB) Opens in a new window Aberdeenshire (PDF | 371KB) Opens in a new window Angus (PDF | 269KB)…

How councils work: an improvement series for councillors and officers - Using cost information to improve performance: are you getting it right?

Local authorities spend almost £40,000 every minute (£21 billion a year) providing vital services. But they can do more to ensure every pound delivers maximum value…

Equality impact assessments 2012

Audit Scotland equality impact assesses its key policies and developments in order to ensure that, wherever possible, we take into account diversity and equality issues in our…