The Public Audit Committee looks at reports published by the Auditor General for Scotland to examine whether public money is being spent efficiently and effectively.

On 8 October 2025, the Auditor General for Scotland and the Accounts Commission published Improving care experience: Delivering the Promise.

The report says:

"It was made by the Scottish Government in 2020 in response to an independent care review which engaged widely with care-experienced people and the paid and unpaid workforce. Delivery of The Promise requires a partnership approach across a wide range of bodies spanning national and local government. Initial planning for The Promise by the Scottish Government and COSLA did not give sufficient thought to the work that would be needed to deliver its aims over a ten-year period – including the resources required, and how success would be defined and measured. This has meant that public bodies across Scotland were not given a strong foundation to deliver on the care review ambitions, and work since then has been slow. Further development of plans and a monitoring framework are due at the end of 2025. These must provide a catalyst for greater pace and momentum".

Read the report on Audit Scotland's website