The 2017/18 audit of the Scottish Government Consolidated Accounts
The 2017/18 audit of the Scottish Government Consolidated Accounts
"The Scottish Government needs to be more transparent about the annual reporting of its accounts, including loans to private companies", says the Auditor General for Scotland.
Oral evidence session 01 November 2018
The Committee took evidence from the Auditor General for Scotland and Audit Scotland.
The Committee agreed to write to the Permanent Secretary on issues raised during the discussion and invite her to give oral evidence at a future meeting.
Please read the Official Report of meeting on 01 November 2018
Papers for the meeting on 01 November 2018 (972KB pdf)
Minutes of the meeting on 01 November 2018 55KB pdf)
Meeting correspondence and follow-up
Letter from Convener to Permanent Secretary 8 November 2018 (214KB pdf)
Letter to Convener from Permanent Secretary 23 November 2018 (217KB pdf)
Oral evidence session 29 November 2018
The Commitee took evidence from Leslie Evans, Permanent Secretary, Gordon Wales, Chief Financial Officer, Alyson Stafford, Director General Scottish Exchequer and David Rogers Director, Constitution and Cabinet, Scottish Government.
Please read the Official Report
Meeting papers 29 November 2018
Minutes of meeting 29 November 2018
Meeting correspondence and follow-up
Letter from Permanent Secretary to Convener, 17 December 2018 (217KB pdf)
The Committee agreed at its meeting on 10 January 2019 to close its scrutiny of the Auditor General for Scotland's report entitled " the 2017/18 audit of Scottish Government Consolidated Accounts".