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Public Audit Committee
Section 22 Report: “The 2020/21 audit of the Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland”
Meeting date: 27 January 2022
Richard Leonard
I welcome people back to the second half of this morning’s committee meeting. In this part of the meeting, we are taking evidence on the Audit Scotland section 22 report on the office of the Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland.
I welcome back the Auditor General, Stephen Boyle. He is joined remotely by Richard Robinson, senior manager, performance audit and best value, Audit Scotland. We are also joined by Pat Kenny, director at Deloitte LLP, who was involved in putting the report together. I invite the Auditor General to give an opening statement.
Public Audit Committee
Section 22 Report: “The 2020/21 audit of the Scottish Government Consolidated Accounts”
Meeting date: 27 January 2022
Richard Leonard
One outstanding question is what difference that would make to your ability to scrutinise the whole of the public sector in Scotland. I presume that it would open up opportunities for you to get a better sense of what you have previously described as what we own and what we owe.
Public Audit Committee
Section 22 Report: “The 2020/21 audit of the Scottish Government Consolidated Accounts”
Meeting date: 27 January 2022
Richard Leonard
I think that Willie Coffey has some questions about the performance report sections of the consolidated accounts.
Public Audit Committee
Section 22 Report: “The 2020/21 audit of the Scottish Government Consolidated Accounts”
Meeting date: 27 January 2022
Richard Leonard
Let us hope, then, that the timetable that has been set out is met this time.
I invite Craig Hoy to ask some questions.
Public Audit Committee
Section 22 Report: “The 2020/21 audit of the Scottish Government Consolidated Accounts”
Meeting date: 27 January 2022
Richard Leonard
I have one final question on the matter. Is the £586 million figure now an accurate assessment?
Public Audit Committee
Section 22 Report: “The 2020/21 audit of the Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland”
Meeting date: 27 January 2022
Richard Leonard
Thank you.
Public Audit Committee
Decision on Taking Business in Private
Meeting date: 27 January 2022
Richard Leonard
Good morning. I welcome everyone to the third meeting in 2022 of the Public Audit Committee.
Agenda item 1 is to decide whether to take agenda items 4, 5 and 6 in private. Are we all agreed on that?
Members indicated agreement.
Public Audit Committee
Section 22 Report: “The 2020/21 audit of the Scottish Government Consolidated Accounts”
Meeting date: 27 January 2022
Richard Leonard
Are you getting full co-operation from Transport Scotland, the Scottish Government and the people on site? There has been a bit of coming and going of senior personnel at the site, has there not?
Public Audit Committee
Section 22 Report: “The 2020/21 audit of the Scottish Government Consolidated Accounts”
Meeting date: 27 January 2022
Richard Leonard
Thank you very much indeed. I would concur with Colin Beattie on that final point.
That is the end of the questions that we have on the consolidated accounts. Thank you, Auditor General, for once again giving us the benefit of your wisdom and analysis. I also thank Michael Oliphant and Helen Russell, who joined us online.
We have a changeover of witnesses now, so I will suspend the meeting until that takes place.
10:05 Meeting suspended.10:06 On resuming—
Public Audit Committee
Section 22 Report: “The 2020/21 audit of the Scottish Government Consolidated Accounts”
Meeting date: 27 January 2022
Richard Leonard
Thank you—that is very helpful.
Another long-standing request—or demand—of Audit Scotland has been for the accounts of the whole of the public sector to be published. To move from one subject to the other, would the publication of the accounts of the whole of the public sector also allow for better scrutiny of the Scottish Government’s investments in private companies?
