The Scottish Commission for Public Audit is not formally a parliamentary committee. The Commission was established under Section 12 of the Public Finance and Accountability (Scotland) Act 2000 and is made up of 5 MSPs.
The main areas of responsibility of the Commission are:
(a) to examine Audit Scotland's proposals for the use of resources and expenditure and report on them to the Parliament;
(b) to appoint a qualified person to audit the accounts of Audit Scotland;
(c) to lay before the Parliament and publish a copy of Audit Scotland’s accounts and the auditor's report on them;
(d) to appoint three of the five members of Audit Scotland’s board on such terms and conditions as the SCPA determines;
(e) to appoint one of these three members as chair of Audit Scotland’s board.
Latest Meeting
3rd Meeting, Tuesday 17 April 2012
Corporate governance of Audit Scotland
Papers (25KB pdf)
Minute of Proceedings of Meeting 17 April 2012 (25KB pdf)
Official Report of Meeting 17 April 2012 (82KB pdf)