Scottish Commission For Public Audit

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) 

Contact the Scottish Commission for Public Audit

Secretary: Fergus D Cochrane

Email: scpa@scottish.parliament.uk

0131 348 5236

Membership

Colin Beattie MSP Colin Beattie
 Convener



John Pentland MSP John Pentland
 Deputy Convener



 Iain Gray
 Member



 Alex Johnstone
 Member



Angus MacDonald MSP Angus MacDonald
 Member