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Working at audit scotland
Audit Scotland is an independent public body responsible for auditing most of Scotland's public organisations. These include the Scottish Government, local councils and NHS Scotland.
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Ministerial statement audit scotland nhs 2016 report scottish parliament 2nd november 2016
Auditing role
It audits about 200 organisations, including:
History
Audit Scotland was established in 2000. It employees a staff of 250 people.
Its corporate HQ is on West Port, in Edinburgh's Old Town. The role of Audit Scotland is to provide the Auditor General for Scotland and the Accounts Commission for Scotland with the services they need to carry out their duties. The core work is to carry out:
Caroline Gardner is the Auditor General for Scotland and the accountable officer for Audit Scotland. She started her term of office in July 2012.
The work of Audit Scotland is governed by a board which meets around four times a year: the audits are managed by a management team. The Public Audit Committee of the Scottish Parliament examines Audit Scotland's proposals for the use of resources and expenditure, then reports to the Scottish Parliament.