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It is important to note that the bill also requires FSS to operate in a way that is proportionate, transparent and accountable, and to carry out good decision making, which includes consulting people and making its decisions publicly available.
The Scottish Government’s recently published guidance on transparency in the management of local authority housing revenue accounts is a fairly critical piece of guidance.
That tallies with evidence given by the Chartered Institute of Taxation and by chartered accountants in England and Wales to the Treasury Select Committee yesterday.
After a three-month consultation, we had more than 4,500 responses and the Scots pine was a clear winner, accounting for 52 per cent of the total responses.
Mention has been made of social and digital media, which were not as evolved in 2009 as they are now. We take into account the types of media that people use, why they use them and where they use them.
The odd thing about the landfill tax is that, if it is successful, the tax take will fall, and that must be taken into account when the block grant adjustment is made.
At this point, I simply note that any reduction in accountability of small organisations for spending under a common plan should be balanced by an increase in transparency about who such organisations actually are.
It is based around early and appropriate engagement and dialogue with other statutory parties, particularly Police Scotland and the PIRC; public accountability without the compromising of personal confidentiality; and a focus on outcomes, not just process.
We do not get everything right; sometimes, the odd marking decision is wrong in relation to forum, which is why we always take into account any comments made by the bench on that.