Local government national reports 2011/12

3 November 2011 for the Auditor General / Accounts Commission

Community planning partnerships need to build on their economic development activity to help meet local needs. Partnerships should also make better use of available information and improve their understanding of the costs involved in delivering local economic priorities.

15 September 2011 for the Auditor General / Accounts Commission

While public bodies involved in planning are now working better together, the time taken to decide planning applications is not reducing and the gap between the costs of processing applications and the income received from fees is widening and becoming unsustainable.

25 August 2011 for the Auditor General / Accounts Commission

Scotland’s public sector is in the first year of major spending cuts and public bodies must focus on their long-term financial sustainability to ensure effective public services in the future.

4 August 2011 for the Auditor General / Accounts Commission

Greater coordination of transport for health and social care, which affects many people across Scotland, could lead to significant improvements and financial savings.

16 June 2011 for the Accounts Commission

An Accounts Commission report published today, entitled Arm’s-Length External Organisations (ALEOs): are you getting it right?, says councils are increasingly using arm's-length organisations as an alternative way of delivering services.

2 June 2011 for the Auditor General / Accounts Commission

The Scottish Government, NHS and councils need to show stronger shared leadership and support for community health partnerships to improve people’s health and move more services into the community.

26 May 2011 for Audit Scotland

The National scrutiny plan provides a summary of the scrutiny activity for each council in Scotland. The information is based on the risk assessment and scrutiny plans drawn up for each council and contained in the Assurance and Improvement Plan, (AIP).