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SPA Publications
The Scottish Police Authority governs Police Scotland under the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012, publishing annual and strategic police plans, annual reports and accounts, board and committee minutes and action logs to a single publication library. The library also carries the response side of HM Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland (HMICS) recommendations: the improvement plans and progress updates HMICS's own site does not itself publish, matched here back to the HMICS report each one responds to.
1,562 publications
29 HMICS improvement-plan updates
11 committees
5 years covered
Publications
Committee papers
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Drug Driving Update - 7 August 2025
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Committee papers
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Drug Driving Pilot - 7 August 2025
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Committee papers
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SPA Chief Executive's Report - 21 August 2025
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Committee papers
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Quarter 1 Financial Monitoring Report - 21 August 2025
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Committee papers
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Forensic Services Director's Report - 21 August 2025
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Committee papers
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Committee Chairs Reports - 21 August 2025
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Committee papers
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Chief Constable's Report - 21 August 2025
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Committee papers
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Chair's Report - 21 August 2025
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Board minutes
This is the Approved Minute documented for the Audit, Risk & Assurance Committee held on 21 May 2025. The Minute was approved at the meeting on 14 August 2025.
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Approved Minute - 21 May 2025
This is the Approved Minute documented for the Audit, Risk & Assurance Committee held on 21 May 2025. The Minute was approved at the meeting on 14 August 2025.
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Committee papers
This document captures the work plan for the Audit, Risk & Assurance Committee.
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Work Plan - 14 August 2025
This document captures the work plan for the Audit, Risk & Assurance Committee.
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Committee papers
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SPA Audit and Improvement Recommendations Update - 14 August 2025
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Committee papers
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SPA Annual Whistleblowing Report - 14 August 2025
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Committee papers
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Police Scotland Whistleblowing Report - 14 August 2025
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Committee papers
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Police Scotland Scottish Crime Recording Standard (SCRS) Crime Audit 2023-24 - 14 August 2025
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Committee papers
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Internal audit reports - 14 August 2025
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Action log
This document provides an update of the actions agreed by the Audit, Risk & Assurance Committee at its meeting held on 21 May 2025 and was presented for discussion at the meeting on 14 August 2025.
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Action Log – 14 August 2025
This document provides an update of the actions agreed by the Audit, Risk & Assurance Committee at its meeting held on 21 May 2025 and was presented for discussion at the meeting on 14 August 2025.
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Committee papers
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Police Scotland Audit and Improvement Recommendation Tracker Q1 - 14 August 2025
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Committee papers
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Internal Audit Update - 14 August 2025
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Committee papers
This document captures the work plan for the Resources Committee.
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Work Plan - 13 August 2025
This document captures the work plan for the Resources Committee.
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Committee papers
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Q1 Transformation Report - 13 August 2025
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Committee papers
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Q1 Benefits Update - 13 August 2025
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Committee papers
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Ill Health Retiral and Injury on Duty - 25 May 2025
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Committee papers
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Financial Monitoring Report Q1 – 13 August 2025
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Committee papers
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Annual Procurement Report 2024/25 - 13 August 2025
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Action log
This document provides an update of the actions agreed by the Scottish Police Authority Resources Committee at its meeting held on 17 June 2025 and was presented for discussion at the meeting on 13 August 2025.
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Action Log – 13 August 2025
This document provides an update of the actions agreed by the Scottish Police Authority Resources Committee at its meeting held on 17 June 2025 and was presented for discussion at the meeting on 13 August 2025.
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Other
An update to the PEEL Practice Compendium published in July 2025, detailing innovative policing practice in forces in England and Wales as outlined by HMICFRS.
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PEEL Practice Compendium - July 2025 Update
An update to the PEEL Practice Compendium published in July 2025, detailing innovative policing practice in forces in England and Wales as outlined by HMICFRS.
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Annual Report and Accounts
This ICVS Annual Report for 2024-25 highlights the activities of Independent Custody Visitors (ICVs). ICVs check on the treatment of detainees across Police Scotland's custody estate to ensure their welfare and human ri…
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ICVS Annual Report 2024-25
This ICVS Annual Report for 2024-25 highlights the activities of Independent Custody Visitors (ICVs). ICVs check on the treatment of detainees across Police Scotland's custody estate to ensure their welfare and human ri…
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Other
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FOI 2025/26-044 - Correspondence relating the policing of protests in solidarity with Palestine
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Other
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FOI 2025/26-037 - Operational budget, headcount, FTE staff and salaries - 2022/23 to 2024/25
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Other
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FOI 2025/26-034 - Contracts for Enterprise Resource Planning and Human Capital Management systems
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Committee papers
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Live Facial Recognition Report - 10 June 2025
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Other
The Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015 introduces a right for community bodies to make requests to all local authorities, Scottish Ministers and a wide-ranging list of public bodies, for any land or buildings the…
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Community Asset Transfer - Annual Report 2024/25
The Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015 introduces a right for community bodies to make requests to all local authorities, Scottish Ministers and a wide-ranging list of public bodies, for any land or buildings the…
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Other
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FOI 2025/26-031 - Training for police custody staff in dispensing medication, drug treatment and European Human Rights Act
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Board minutes
This is the Approved Minute documented for the Meeting of the Scottish Police Authority held on 22 May 2025. The Minute was approved at the meeting on 26 June 2025.
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Approved Minute - 22 May 2025
This is the Approved Minute documented for the Meeting of the Scottish Police Authority held on 22 May 2025. The Minute was approved at the meeting on 26 June 2025.
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Committee papers
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Trauma Informed Practice - 10 June 2025
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