Who we are - transcript
We’re Audit Scotland. [Search box appears with ‘Audit Scotland’ being typed in]
Our vision is that public money is well spent to meet the needs of Scotland’s people. [Binoculars appear with icons of pound signs circling around. The binoculars then disappear, and the icons of pound signs circle a map of Scotland with icons of people appearing in the centre]
Public bodies spend around £60 billion pounds of your money every year. [Icons representing public services then start to circle the people. The people then disappear and ‘£60 billion’ appears on screen]
It's our job to check how well they're spending and managing this money, to give you assurance about how public money is used, and to help public bodies improve services. [A magnifying glass then appears followed by a pile of bank notes with the icons representing public services moving around them. A hand with thumbs up then appears at the end next to a bar chart]
We're an independent body and work on behalf of the Auditor General and the Accounts Commission. [The words ‘We’re an independent body’ appear on screen, then the Auditor Geneal and Accounts Commission logos appear on screen]
Our work covers all aspects of public life in Scotland: from nurses, teachers and emergency services to social workers, engineers, street cleaners and forestry workers; in the water and on the water; from hanging treasures to reporting on treasure; from the largest body to the smallest; and from all corners too. [We then cut to a map of Scotland and move south from the Shetland Islands to the Scottish Borders with the Audit Scotland logo appearing on screen. We then cut to icons representing public sector workers. We cut to a tap followed by a canal boat. Then a painting with ‘National Galleries’ below it and a crown with ‘King’s and Lord Treasurer’s Remembrancer’ below it. We then cut back to a map of Scotland with Mugdock Country Park and the Scottish Government noted. Finally, a route is drawn from Stranraer to Shetland]
Public audit is much more than looking at numbers. We also look at the performance of public bodies, new projects and the management of key services. [We see line graphs with numbers appearing then icons of people growing larger with a magnifying glass next to them. The words ‘Performance too’ then appear on screen followed by icons of reports and turning cogs]
All our work is reported in public, to you. [The words ‘All our work is reported in public to you’ appear on screen] 
We report to Scottish Parliament committees, boards and councils too, telling them what's working well, and the ways public bodies can improve. [The words ‘Scottish Parliament committees, boards, councils’ appear on screen followed by a clipboard. On the clipboard the words ‘What’s working well’ and ‘Ways to improve’ appear]
Follow us for an independent view on how well your money is being spent. [Audit Scotland logo appears with the words ‘Follow us’ below. Then ‘audit.scot’ appears on screen]