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    How councils work

    Our ‘how councils work’ series of reports aims to stimulate change and provide practical support to help councils continue improving their performance. The topics are based on…
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    Transport Scotland's ferry services

     Our report on Transport Scotland's ferry services was published in October 2017. The Tableau visualisation below shows passenger and vehicle numbers for ferry…
  3. /about-us/accounts-commission/our-engagement-work

    Our engagement work

    Our engagement strategy identifies who our stakeholders are, the reasons why we engage with them and the methods or channels we will use to engage with them. Our engagement…
  4. /scotlands-colleges-2017

    Scotland's colleges 2017

     Our report on Scotland's colleges 2017 was published in June 2017. The Tableau visualisation below illustrates income and expenditure sources for colleges, how the student…
  5. /tableau-visualisations

    Tableau visualisations

    For some of our reports, we have used Tableau visualisations to illustrate the data we have collected during our audit work. The National Fraud Initiative in Scotland 2018/…
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    Topics

    Our topic pages pull together work we've done in a particular area and other resources that might be of interest.Childcare in Scotland - a parents' guideWe published our third…
  7. /about-us/accounts-commission/our-strategy-2021-26

    Our strategy 2021-26

    Our overriding aim is to hold councils to account.In our audit work, we will evaluate how councils are demonstrating improvement. We expect councils to meet their statutory duty…