Scotland Act 2016: audit and accountability arrangements
The session 4 Public Audit Committee undertook work on what was, at that point, the proposed devolution of further powers to the Scottish Parliament. In June 2015, the Committee published a report on the audit and accountability arrangements contained in the Scotland Bill 2015 as introduced.
The Scotland Act 2016 was subsequently passed by the UK Parliament.
Devolution Correspondence
Oral evidence session - Thursday 8 February 2018
The Committee received an update from Scottish Government officials on the progress made in establishing appropriate audit and accountability arrangements under the Act. The panel also heard evidence from the Auditor General for Scotland and Audit Scotland.
Please read the Official Report from 8 February 2018.
Meeting correspondence and follow-up
- Letter and framework from the Scottish Government, 5 February 2018 (450KB pdf)
- Briefing paper from the Auditor General for Scotland, 5 February 2018 (176KB pdf)
- Letter from Elizabeth Truss, HM Treasury, 26 January 2018 (176KB pdf)
- Letter to Elizabeth Truss, HM Treasury, 14 February 2018 (167KB pdf)
- Letter to Cabinet Secretary for Finance and the Constitution, 14 February 2018 (224KB pdf)
- Letter to Cabinet Secretary for Finance and the Constitution and Chief Secretary to the Treasury, 5 April 2018 (219KB pdf)
- Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and the Constitution, 26 April 2018 (146KB pdf)
- Letter from Elizabeth Truss, HM Treasury, 2 May 2018 (347KB pdf)
- Letter from Convener to Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Economy and Fair Work 27 September 2018 (289KB pdf)
- Letter from Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Economy and Fair Work to Convener 21 November 2018 (56KB pdf)
- Letter from Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Economy and Fair Work to Convener, 27 February 2019 (212KB pdf)
- Letter from Auditor General for Scotland to Convener, 27 February 2019 (172KB pdf)
- Letter from Convener of Finance and Constitution Committee to PAPLS, 25 March 2019 (125KB pdf)
- Letter from Convener to Finance and Constitution Committee, 21 May 2019 (164KB pdf)