About the Scottish Parliament

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).

Written agreement between SCPA and Audit Scotland

Current Members

Neil Bibby

Member

Party: Scottish Labour

MSP for: West Scotland (Region)

Miles Briggs

Member

Party: Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

MSP for: Edinburgh and Lothians East (Region)

Michael Marra

Member

Party: Scottish Labour

MSP for: North East Scotland (Region)

Jenni Minto

Member

Party: Scottish National Party

MSP for: Argyll and Bute (Constituency)

Kate Nevens

Member

Party: Scottish Green Party

MSP for: Edinburgh and Lothians East (Region)

Work of the Scottish Commission for Public Audit

SCPA reports

SCPA reports in Session 7 will be published here once available.

Quality of Public Audit in Scotland

Quality of public audit in Scotland Annual Report 2025/26 (437KB, pdf) posted 16 June 2026

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.