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Changing roles
Over the years, the Commission’s key role in providing assurance that councils were spending public money correctly went largely unnoticed. But it made headlines in the 1980s… - /early-days
Early days
A new body to represent councils, the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA), was also set up in 1975 from four previous organisations.Another challenge for the… - /the-first-challenges
The first challenges
It all started with one man in a small old Scottish Tourist Board office and a secretary, both on loan from the civil service. James Dargie, the first Controller of Audit,… - /40-years-timeline
40 years timeline
A look at some of the Commission's key events from the past 40 years. 1974 - 2015 1974 - The Commission for Local Authority Accounts in Scotland established the Local… - /contact-us/access-to-personal-information
Access to personal information
You have a right to access personal information that we hold about you by making a ‘subject access request’. A subject access request form for this purpose can be downloaded… - /accounts-commission-our-changing-role
Accounts Commission - our changing role
The Accounts Commission has played a pivotal role in Scottish public life over the last 40 years. It has changed – as local government has changed through successive… - /a-history-of-the-commission
A history of the Commission
The Accounts Commission reached its 40th anniversary in 2015. To mark the anniversary, we undertook a project to look at its history and the work it has done during the past…
