Report Summary
This report provides members of the Scottish Police Authority's Audit, Risk & Assurance Committee with an overview of SPA's next steps to address the inspections findings.
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Meeting
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Audit, Risk and Assurance Committee - 15 August 2024
Date : 15 August 2024
Location : online
Background and detail
HMICS has a statutory obligation to inquire into the state, efficiency and effectiveness of both the Police Service of Scotland (Police Scotland) and the Scottish Police Authority (SPA).
Detail of the aims and objectives of the inspection as well as the Authority’s preparations was provided to the February ARAC.
HMICS conducted the inspection of the Authority from January to March 2024 and published their inspection report on 11 June 2024.
The full report has been presented at agenda item 4.2. The findings from this report have also been shared with all Board Members at an earlier board seminar.
A full response to the inspection is included at appendix A.
This paper provides the opportunity to formally report the inspection to the ARAC and outline managements response and next steps.
The Authority welcomes this report and in particular HMICS’ overall statement which praises the Authority for the progress since the previous inspection.
HMICS have recognised significant improvements since 2019 with a number of positive findings. HMICS and the Authority also recognise that there remains areas were continuous improvement are required.
We have carefully considered each of the 17 areas for development and ensured that actions in response are included in the SPA corporate business plan. Progress will be monitored quarterly to the senior leadership team and to the ARAC.
