. • co-location - the following offices are co-located at Bridgeside House with the Ombudsman – o Children’s Commissioner o Scottish Human Rights Commission o the Scottish Biometrics Commissioner, and o once appointed, the Patient Safety Commissioner for Scotland. • co-location - The Scottish Information Commissioner has offered space in his office in St Andrews and the provision of shared services for any new officeholder with a small number of staff. • accommodation audit – Officeholder Services is to undertake an audit of the officeholders’ accommodation in 2025 to look for further co-location opportunities. ed services at Bridgeside House - the SPSO provides the Scottish • shar Biometrics Commissioner and the Scottish Human Rights Commission with shared central services including finance, FM, payroll and HR. • meeting rooms at Bridgeside House are available to officeholders, the SPCB and its staff and other organisations at nil cost. • SCOTS – the officeholders are encouraged to use SCOTS which is the Scottish Government’s IT platform for non-core departments which provides significant benefits including cyber security and records management. • GDPR – Data Protection Officer, the SPCB provides the officeholders with a shared Data Protection Officer for GDPR purposes at nil cost. • business continuity training – provided to the officeholders at nil cost. • audit advisory board services – the SPCB’s independent members provide AAB services to the officeholders at nil cost.