Publications

Against a background of a general improvement in financial management and performance, Scottish councils need to improve the way they monitor the use of funds t

All NHS trusts in Scotland have systems in place for identifying organs retained following post mortems and for dealing efficiently with relatives' enquiries.

A report by the Auditor General for Scotland, Robert Black, has found there were serious and significant failings in the administration of the Individual Learni

The first Audit Scotland Annual Report and accounts for the financial year 2000/01 are now available.

One of the requirements of Best Value is that councils should give priority to improving their poorer performing services.

This compendium provides all the data for the full range of indicators for all services in 2000/2001 and, where appropriate, comparable data for the two previou

Scottish councils collected 89% of the council tax due last year, a 1% improvement on the previous year and continuing an improvement trend.

Local authority performance information published today reveals encouraging signs of improvement across a number of council services.