Audit Scotland
Lessons must be learned after a low response to the 2022 census led to increased costs and additional work. Wide concerns about an initial return rate of 79 per cent saw the 2022 census...
Census lessons must be learned
November 29, 2022
We help the Auditor General and the Accounts Commission with monitoring public money...
The Accounts Commission holds local government bodies in Scotland to account…
The Auditor General for Scotland is responsible for the audit of most public bodies...
Lessons must be learned after a low response to the 2022 census led to increased costs and additional work. Wide concerns about an initial return rate of 79 per cent saw the 2022 census...
Faster reform of Scotland’s public sector is needed to protect services in the long term and improve people’s lives. The Scottish Government is facing increased costs, including a higher...
That Covid-19 has exacerbated and deepened existing inequalities in Scotland is not in dispute. But as the Accounts Commission’s recent overview of local government made clear, there is a growing crisis of harms that must be addressed now. Our...
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