Scottish Commission for Public Audit (SCPA)
The Scottish Commission for Public Audit (SCPA) is made up of 5 Members of the Scottish Parliament. The SCPA is not a parliament committee.
The Commission is responsible for:
- looking at Audit Scotland's proposals for the use of resources and spend, then reporting on them to the Parliament
- appointing a qualified person to audit the accounts of Audit Scotland
- presenting and publishing a copy of Audit Scotland’s accounts and the auditor's report on them
- appointing 3 of the 5 members of Audit Scotland under terms and conditions agreed by the SCPA
- appointing 1 of these 3 members to be the chair of Audit Scotland
It was set up under the Public Finance and Accountability (Scotland) Act 2000 (Section 12).
Next meeting
Meeting details are not yet available. They will be published here in due course.
Get in touch
If you want to get in touch, you can contact the secretary, Sarah Robertson.
Address: The Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh, EH99 1SP
Phone: 0131 348 5248
Email: [email protected]
Twitter: @scotparl
Members
Members of the Scottish Commission for Public Audit
Current Members
Colin Beattie
Chair
Party: Scottish National Party
MSP for: Midlothian North and Musselburgh (Constituency)
Sharon Dowey
Deputy Chair
Party: Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
MSP for: South Scotland (Region)
Daniel Johnson
Member
Party: Scottish Labour
MSP for: Edinburgh Southern (Constituency)
Richard Leonard
Member
Party: Scottish Labour
MSP for: Central Scotland (Region)
Mark Ruskell
Member
Party: Scottish Green Party
MSP for: Mid Scotland and Fife (Region)
Work of the Scottish Commission for Public Audit
SCPA reports
Quality of Public Audit in Scotland
Quality of public audit in Scotland Annual Report 2021/22 (577KB, pdf) posted 11 August 2023
Quality of public audit in Scotland Annual Report 2022/23 (620KB, pdf) posted 11 August 2023
Accessibility
We aim to make sure all PDFs are fully accessible. However, when documents are sent to us by an external organisation this is not always possible. If you need this document provided in an alternative format, please contact the secretary of the SCPA. Further information can be found in our accessibility statement.
Audit Scotland Annual Report and Accounts
Audit Scotland Annual Report and Accounts 2020/21 (2MB, pdf) posted 11 August 2023
Audit Scotland Annual Report and Accounts 2021/22 (3MB, pdf) posted 11 August 2023
Audit Scotland Annual Report and Accounts 2022/23 (3MB, pdf) posted 11 August 2023
Audit Scotland Budget Proposals
2021/22 Audit Scotland Spring Budget Revision (82KB, pdf) posted 07 January 2022
2022/23 Audit Scotland Budget Proposal (262KB, pdf) posted 07 January 2022
2022/23 Audit Scotland Spring Budget Revision (120KB, pdf) posted 21 December 2022
2023/24 Audit Scotland Budget Proposal (239KB, pdf) posted 21 December 2022
Correspondence
Correspondence to the Chair from Alexander Sloan, external auditors to Audit Scotland, 13 June 2023
Audit Scotland Budget Proposal 2023/24: Accounts Commission, December 2022
Correspondence to the Chair from Dr William Moyes, Chair, Accounts Commission, 20 December 2022
Audit Scotland Budget Proposal 2023/24: Audit Scotland, December 2022
Correspondence to the Chair from Stephen Boyle, Auditor General for Scotland and Prof Alan Alexander, Chair, Audit Scotland, 20 December 2022
Audit Scotland Budget Proposal 2023/24
Correspondence from the Chair to Stephen Boyle, the Auditor General for Scotland, 15 December 2022
Audit Scotland's Budget Proposal 2023/24
Letter to the Chair from Stephen Boyle, Auditor General for Scotland, 2 December 2022
Audit Scotland's Budget Proposal update
Letter to the Chair from Stephen Boyle, Auditor General for Scotland and Prof Alan Alexander, Chair, Audit Scotland, 4 February 2022
Audit Scotland's Budget Proposal 2022/ 23
Letter to Stephen Boyle, the Auditor General for Scotland from the Chair, 14 January 2022
Audit Scotland Spring Budget Revision 2021/22
Letter from Chair to Convener of Finance and Public Administration Committee, 14 January 2022
Audit Scotland's Spring Budget Revision 2020/21 and Budget Proposal 2022/23
Letter to Chair from the Auditor General for Scotland, 15 December 2021
Audit Scotland Management Contingency update
Letter to the Chair from the Auditor General for Scotland and Chair of Audit Scotland, 8 December 2021
Annual Reports and Accounts: Follow up Information
Letter to the Chair from Stephen Boyle, the Auditor General for Scotland, 4 October 2021
Letter from the Chair to the Auditor General for Scotland, 6 September 2021
Joint letter from the Chair of the Board and the Auditor General for Scotland to the Chair of the SCPA, 25 August 2021
Audit Scotlands Budget Proposal update 2021 22
Official Reports
Official Reports
Meeting date: Wednesday, June 28, 2023
Scottish Commission for Public Audit
Decision on Taking Business in Private, Audit Scotland Annual Report and Accounts for the year to 31 March 2023 and Auditor’s Report on the Accounts
Meeting date: Wednesday, December 14, 2022
Scottish Commission for Public Audit
Decision on Taking Business in Private, Audit Scotland Spring Budget Revision 2022-23, Audit Scotland Budget Proposal 2023-24
Meeting date: Wednesday, June 22, 2022
Audit Scotland Annual Report and Accounts for the Year to 31 March 2022 and Auditor’s Report on the Accounts
Meeting date: Wednesday, December 22, 2021
Scottish Commission for Public Audit
Decision on Taking Business in Private, Audit Scotland Spring Budget Revision 2021-22 Budget Adjustment, Audit Scotland Budget Proposal 2022-23
Meeting date: Wednesday, September 1, 2021
Scottish Commission for Public Audit
Interests, Chair, Deputy Chair, Decision on Taking Business in Private, Audit Scotland Annual Report and Accounts for the Year Ended 31 March 2021 and Auditor’s Report on the Accounts
Meeting date: Friday, January 15, 2021
Decision on Taking Business in Private, Spring Budget Revision 2020-21 (Budget Adjustment), Spring Budget Revision 2020-21 (International Accounting Standard 19: Pension Costs), Budget Proposal 2021-22
Meeting date: Monday, June 22, 2020
Interests, Decision on Taking Business in Private, Audit Scotland Annual Report and Accounts for the Year to 31 March 2020
Meeting date: Wednesday, January 15, 2020
Decision on Taking Business in Private, Spring Budget Revision 2019-20, Budget Proposal 2020-21
Previous sessions
Previous session information is held on the archive website.