Best Start Grant: Service Level Agreement between the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and Scottish Ministers

16. Audit Arrangements

16.1 DWP and Scottish Ministers will abide by the principles of audit and accountability as set out in the document 'Scottish Devolution: A Framework for Audit and Accountability' as referenced, in Section 4 (Derivation) of this Agreement.

16.2 DWP and the Scottish Ministers remain subject to their overall existing accountabilities to the UK and Scottish Parliaments, and their associated audit bodies.

16.3 DWP and the Scottish Ministers will abide by the principles in the Agreement between the SG and the United Kingdom Government on the Scottish Government fiscal framework: Paragraph 39 which states that 'All costs incurred by the UK Government where the Scottish Government is expected to meet the cost will be subject to audit.'

16.4 In 2020/21 a new audit approach was adopted and agreed by DWP, Social Security Scotland, NAO and Audit Scotland; the Special Purpose Audit Framework will be used going forward as set out in the Financial Arrangement for Formal Agreements document as referenced, in Section 4 (Derivation) of this Agreement.