Chamber and committees

The Auditor General for Scotland's Work Programme April 2023 - March 2025

Background

The Auditor General for Scotland (AGS) is seeking feedback from Parliament and other key stakeholders to refine his longer-term work programme. The draft work programme sets out: 

• how the AGS intends to respond to the current context for the public sector in Scotland

• the dual focus on how public bodies are tackling the challenges facing them as well as enabling systems change

• audit work in the pipeline for the next two years, including a summary of confirmed audit products

The specific areas of feedback sought by the AGS are

• the proposed response of public audit to the current public sector operating context
• The content of the proposed audit work for April 2023 to March 2025
• areas of priority for audit work
• any gaps in the proposed response

The Public Audit Committee will co-ordinate the feedback received from Parliamentary committees and write to the AGS before summer recess.

Read the draft work programme 

Meetings

30 March 2023

The Committee took evidence from:

Stephen Boyle, the Auditor General for Scotland; Gemma Diamond, Director; and Mark Taylor, Audit Director, Audit Scotland.

Read the agenda and meeting papers, 30 March 2023

Read the Official Report, 30 March 2023

Read the meeting minutes, 30 March 2023

Decision: The Committee agreed to seek the views of other Parliamentary committees on the Auditor General for Scotland's draft work programme.