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    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 Scotland. The report also…

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    Angus Council: The Audit of Best Value and Community Planning

    The Commission found that while Angus Council has made a good start on Best Value it urges the council to increase the pace of change, to improve its customer focus and monitor…

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    Audit Scotland annual report and accounts 2003/04

    Our annual report and accounts for 2003/04.

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    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 people living in…

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    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. It says that much is being done to improve the NHS in Scotland and some important NHS…

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    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. This follow-up report published today for the Accounts Commission assesses progress made by councils…

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    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 report also proposes a…

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    Management of the Holyrood building project

    This follow-up report looks at the overall progress of the Holyrood building project since 2000 (when our first report was published), including why estimated costs have risen…

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    Scottish Enterprise: Account management services to high-growth businesses

    This report says that Scottish Enterprise needs to do more to show that it is achieving value for money in providing some £40 million of support to businesses with growth…

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    Commissioning community care services for older people

    This report looks at the way in which councils plan, purchase and review their older people's services. It also looks at implementation of national policy by councils and their…