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Public Audit Committee
Major Capital Projects: Accountability and Governance Arrangements
Meeting date: 19 May 2022
Craig Hoy
Mr Watson, post approval, what is the role of the individual portfolio investment boards in overseeing programmes and projects as they develop? What is the nature of the engagement that they have and their interaction with the other bodies that deliver the projects and the individual project managers? How does that all relate to the infrastructure investment board as a project develops?
Public Audit Committee
Major Capital Projects: Accountability and Governance Arrangements
Meeting date: 19 May 2022
Craig Hoy
So you can run two elements in parallel.
Public Audit Committee
Major Capital Projects: Accountability and Governance Arrangements
Meeting date: 19 May 2022
Craig Hoy
Is the sick kids hospital an example of that?
Public Audit Committee
Major Capital Projects: Accountability and Governance Arrangements
Meeting date: 19 May 2022
Craig Hoy
I have a brief final question, because I am aware that we are short of time. The two big risks are cost savings and overruns, with projects not running to schedule. Are those being effectively managed across portfolios? Are the lines of communication between the various authorities effective in ensuring that we get on top of cost savings or project overruns?
10:45Public Audit Committee
“Administration of Scottish income tax 2020/21”
Meeting date: 12 May 2022
Craig Hoy
The Scottish Government has taken the decision to raise tax on middle-income earners upwards. You identified high-net-worth individuals or millionaires. Let us take the example of a millionaire with a house in North Berwick and a house in Berwick-upon-Tweed who works in London and Edinburgh. That is a conceivable case. Is that now a grey area that concerns you?
Public Audit Committee
“Administration of Scottish income tax 2020/21”
Meeting date: 12 May 2022
Craig Hoy
My first question relates to the comment in the NAO report that
“HMRC has limited performance data available about its compliance activities in Scotland.”
Why is that the case, and what, if anything, is being done to try to rectify the situation?
Public Audit Committee
“Administration of Scottish income tax 2020/21”
Meeting date: 12 May 2022
Craig Hoy
If I fly in and out of the country from Buenos Aires, you can probably monitor that and count the days much more easily than if I go between North Berwick and Berwick-upon-Tweed. How do you monitor that? Do you just take what people say at face value and take their word for it?
Public Audit Committee
“Administration of Scottish income tax 2020/21”
Meeting date: 12 May 2022
Craig Hoy
Thank you.
Public Audit Committee
Section 22 Report: “The 2020/21 audit of South Lanarkshire College”
Meeting date: 12 May 2022
Craig Hoy
One would assume that the board is fully aware of its role and responsibilities for good governance. The board was appointed on 4 November but members were not fully inducted until the beginning of February 2022. Will you talk me through what the normal induction process would cover and what the risks are of having board members who have not been through that process?
Public Audit Committee
Section 22 Report: “The 2020/21 audit of South Lanarkshire College”
Meeting date: 12 May 2022
Craig Hoy
Hindsight is a wonderful thing, but given the seriousness of the issues that were at play in the college, would not it have been far better for the college to have made sure that the board was fully aware of its roles and responsibilities at that stage?
