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 21 May 2025 the Auditor General for Scotland published the report, the 2022/23 audit of Forth valley College.
The report says "The procurement breach related primarily to a failure by the college to draw up and agree contracts for expenditure totalling over £900,000 over the duration of the project, and a failure by the college to obtain approval to appoint a supplier without competition. The college had financial regulations and a procurement policy and procedures in place. These were not fully followed by college staff. College staff were aware of the absence of a contract and appropriate approvals from the early stages of the project in 2020 but the non-compliant spend was not reported to the Finance Committee until November 2022 despite the opportunity to do so sooner".