Report Summary
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Meeting
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Audit, Risk and Assurance Committee - 7 November 2023
Date : 07 November 2023
Location : online
Background
The Scottish Police Authority has specific statutory responsibilities in relation to a wide range of public body duties. Some of these duties are for SPA only, a number are for both SPA and Police Scotland, and there are some for which Police Scotland report on behalf of SPA. During 2022/23 the SPA Corporate team developed a public body duties framework to provide assurance that duties and related reporting were being met, and that reporting is informed by good practice and subject to continuous improvement. Key elements of this framework and our compliance work is published on our website here.
The SPA Corporate Strategy 2023-2026 sets out the role and responsibilities of the Scottish Police Authority, the five outcomes we seek to achieve, and the high-level activities designed to achieve them. Under Strategic Outcome 5 - We are a learning organisation, where decision-making and scrutiny are evidence led – a planned action for 2023-24 was to complete a self-assessment against public body duties, identifying gaps and required improvement actions.
The SPA Corporate team reported findings and recommendations for approval to SPA senior managers at the beginning of October 2023. (Appendix One)
