Police Investigations and Review Commissioner, HM Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland and HM Fire Service Inspectorate in Scotland
The Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 places a duty on the Auditor General for Scotland, inspectors of constabulary in Scotland and inspectors of the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service to cooperate and coordinate activity with each other to improve how we carry out our functions.
This document sets out how Audit Scotland will work with NHS Scotland Counter Fraud Services (CFS) in the deterrence, prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities in NHS Scotland and other public bodies where CFS provides counter fraud services.
The Accounts Commission has responsibility for auditing housing benefit services in Scotland. Audit Scotland carries out this work as part of the housing benefit audit. The roles and responsibilities of both the Department for Work and Pensions and Audit Scotland for improving the quality of administration of housing benefit services in Scotland are contained in the document below.