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I will write to you separately with an update once we have reviewed the accounts and AAR. O ur review of the 2024/25 audited accounts and AARs for the other colleges did not identify significant issues or matters arising that require further reporting under Section 22 of the Public Finance and Accountability (Scotland) Act 2000.
Scottish Water Interim Report and Accounts: Performance and Prospects For the six months to 30 September 2022 (SG/2022/268) laid at the request of a member of the Scottish Government and not under any laying power The Skills Development Scotland Co.
If any college now drags their heels with signing off their accounts, you are basically saying that they can hold you to ransom and that nothing will get published until they have finished their accounts.
I consider that amendments 56 and 57 strike an appropriate balance; they provide enough time for meaningful data to be reported, for the lived experience of people in Scotland to be taken into account and for the Scottish Government to be held to account.
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Date answered:
7 August 2025
The plan I am publishing today aims to ensure this phase moves decisively from identification to resolution and will lay the foundation towards long-term targets.
Of this, NHS Boards, both territorial and national, account for £16 billion. This project aims to collate data from the annual accounts of these boards into one dataset to support the scrutiny of the Health and Social Care budget.