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Public Audit Committee
Section 23 Report: “Criminal courts backlog”
Meeting date: 14 September 2023
Richard Leonard
For clarity, I am saying that it is not just the victim support organisations that are saying that: the Auditor General for Scotland is saying it to you.
Public Audit Committee
Section 23 Report: “Criminal courts backlog”
Meeting date: 14 September 2023
Richard Leonard
The deputy convener will turn to another part of the justice system that has faced increased pressure and, I presume, increased costs.
Public Audit Committee
Section 23 Report: “Criminal courts backlog”
Meeting date: 14 September 2023
Richard Leonard
Good. Do you accept the recommendations and the timescales set out in the Auditor General’s report?
Public Audit Committee
Section 23 Report: “Criminal courts backlog”
Meeting date: 14 September 2023
Richard Leonard
I am not entirely clear from that whether you are going to meet the timescales set out in the recommendations. For those people who are following this, the Auditor General’s report sets out a series of recommendations, some of which the Scottish Government should carry out in the next three to six months and others for which the realistic timescale is in the next 12 months. There are others that should be carried out in the next two years and, finally, there is a section of recommendations that the Auditor General thinks should be carried out in the next 12 to 18 months. Do you agree that they are realistic timescales, and is it your intent to meet those timescales?
Public Audit Committee
Section 23 Report: “Criminal courts backlog”
Meeting date: 14 September 2023
Richard Leonard
Thank you. I am conscious of the time, so I will move on to Willie Coffey, who has a couple of questions to put to you.
Public Audit Committee
Section 23 Report: “Criminal courts backlog”
Meeting date: 14 September 2023
Richard Leonard
Forgive me. How is that split between direct Government expenditure and grants or support that is given to those advocacy and support networks?
Public Audit Committee
Section 23 Report: “Criminal courts backlog”
Meeting date: 14 September 2023
Richard Leonard
Off the top of your head this morning, do you know roughly how much of the £48 million is additional and how much of it is recurring?
Public Audit Committee
Section 23 Report: “How the Scottish Government is set up to deliver climate change goals”
Meeting date: 7 September 2023
Richard Leonard
Well, it is not in the same category. I understand why the Cabinet does not produce its minutes later the same day and that there are year-long rules about when and how Cabinet minutes might be produced—I get that—but this is an operational strategic body that might, in Mr Simpson’s words, be accountable to us as parliamentarians for the decisions that it is taking. I think that there is quite a distinction between a Cabinet—and a Cabinet sub-committee—and this GCE board.
Public Audit Committee
Section 23 Report: “How the Scottish Government is set up to deliver climate change goals”
Meeting date: 7 September 2023
Richard Leonard
So, the outcome is that we then get to see none of that, is it not, Mr Brannen?
09:45Public Audit Committee
Section 23 Report: “How the Scottish Government is set up to deliver climate change goals”
Meeting date: 7 September 2023
Richard Leonard
Okay. We are a bit pressed for time, so I am going to invite Willie Coffey to put a question to you.
