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Official Report
Meeting date:
16 March 2023
Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee 16 March 2023
I think that they absolutely should get a role in that for the purposes of democratic accountability. That is very helpful—thank you.
Official Report
Meeting date:
7 February 2023
Finance and Public Administration Committee 07 February 2023
The crucial point is that any expenditure that is incurred in this financial year must be accounted for in this financial year. That is how the accounting rules operate.
Official Report
Meeting date:
18 May 2022
Criminal Justice Committee 18 May 2022
When considering interventions, we must take account of a child’s development, because children’s brains are still developing, as well as take account of trauma.
Committee reports
Date published:
9 September 2025
Stage 1 report on the Tertiary Education and Training (Funding and Governance) (Scotland) Bill - Financial sustainability of post-16 education bodies
In his role as Interim Chair of Universities Scotland, Sir Paul Grice set out the financial information that he is required to provide to the SFC as the Principal, and accountable officer, of Queen Margaret University, noting:
As the accountable officer, I regard it as my absolute duty to ensure that those reports ar...
Committee reports
Date published:
21 December 2025
Report on the Cost-effectiveness of Scottish Public Inquiries - Building up the alternative
Public inquiries are an essential mechanism for holding public bodies to account, reviewing past wrongs, identifying solutions and recommending changes to policy.
Committee reports
Date published:
19 December 2025
Stage 1 report on the Wellbeing and Sustainable Development (Scotland) Bill - Existing legislative obligations
In correspondence to the Committee, the Minister confirmed that improvements in implementation and accountability are key considerations in the reform of the NPF “to ensure that public bodies can be held to account for how their work contributes to the national outcomes”.
Last updated:
1 August 2025
Allowances: Processing payment of invoices on behalf of MSPs
Categories of information processed
Normal category data is processed which includes: name, address, telephone number, email address and bank or building society account details for:
suppliers including contractors and businesses which are not limited companies including sole traders.
Committee reports
Date published:
16 May 2025
The 2022/23 and 2023/24 audits of the Water Industry Commission for Scotland - Role of the Board
Following a revision of the policy in January 2023, the Accountable Officer is committed to building on the changes made to the policy and strengthening further our expenditure in this area.
Committee reports
Date published:
3 July 2023
Report on Public Administration - effective Scottish Government decision-making - Leadership
We also seek information from the Permanent Secretary on how he seeks to assure himself that his senior leaders are embodying the culture, skills and attitude needed to lead by example.
The designation of Accountable Officer was cited a number of times as, in of itself, providing those senior civil servants with a greater confidence and assurance to provide...
Committee reports
Date published:
21 June 2023
Delegated powers provisions in the Charities (Regulation and Administration) (Scotland) after Stage 2
Sections 4 to 7 (disqualification from being charity trustee etc.) update the rules on the automatic disqualification of charity trustees, extend them to individuals holding senior management positions in charities, and require OSCR to create a publicly searchable record of charity trustees who have been removed from office
Section 8 (appointment of interim charity trustees) provides OSCR with a power to appoint interim trustees where a charity is not able to do so.
Sections 9 to 11 (charity accounts...
