Audit scopes

These are the audit scopes for national performance audits that we are planning to do over the next year. Details of our future work is in our work programme.
Best Value in policing: Audit scope
This audit, conducted jointly by HMICS and Audit Scotland, is the first audit to look at Best Value arrangements across Policing since 2012. The audit will…
Transforming the approach to Climate Change: Lessons from public audit : Audit scope
The Scottish Government and the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA) recognise climate change as one of the biggest threats to communities across…
Criminal Courts Backlog Follow-Up: Audit scope
This audit is a follow-up to our 2023 Criminal Courts Backlog performance audit which assessed how effectively the Scottish Government, the Scottish Courts and…
Renewable energy: Audit scope
Offshore wind energy - generating electricity from sea-based turbines - has been described as Scotland’s biggest economic opportunity since oil and gas in the…
Delivery of MV Glen Sannox and MV Glen Rosa: Audit scope
In 2015, Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited (CMAL), awarded Ferguson Marine Engineering Limited (FMEL) a contract to design and build two new ferries for the…




