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.
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…
Post-school education and skills reform - Audit scope
The Scottish Government is progressing a programme of reform in post-school education and skills. Post-school education and skills covers learning and training…
Scotland's colleges 2026 - Audit scope
Scotland’s colleges play a significant role in our post-school education and skills sector, providing a skilled workforce to meet local and national demand 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…
Tackling child poverty: Scottish Child Payment - Audit scope
The Child Poverty (Scotland) Act 2017 set statutory targets for the Scottish Government to significantly reduce child poverty in Scotland by 2030/31. 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…
