The Crerar Review: the report of the independent review of regulation, audit, inspection and complaints handling of public services in Scotland

Report of the independent review of regulation, audit, inspection and complaints handling of public services in Scotland.


APPENDIX II: Bibliography

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Audit Scotland: Submission on proportionate and risk-based scrutiny (2007) (Unpublished internal document)

Audit Scotland: The cost of external scrutiny of public services in Scotland: a preliminary analysis (2007) (Unpublished internal document)

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Better Regulation Executive, The Government's Policy on Inspection of Public Services (2003)

Better Regulation Task Force, Alternatives to Regulation (2004)

Better Regulation Task Force, Bridging the gap - Participation in Social Care Regulation (Sep 2004)

Better Regulation Task Force, Imaginative Thinking for Better Regulation (Sep 2003)

Better Regulation Task Force, Independent Regulators (Oct 2003)

Better Regulation Task Force, Regulation - Less is More, Reducing Burdens, Improving outcomes (March 2005)

Brodies LLP Management Consultancy: External audit and inspection arrangements in Scottish Local Government - COSLA, SOLACE and the Improvement Service (2007) (Unpublished internal document)

Byatt, I and M Lyons, The Role of External Review in Improving Performance. The Public Services Productivity Panel (Dec 2001) http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/pspp

Centre for Public Scrutiny, Ombudsmen as independent scrutineers. Research paper and report (Jun 2006)

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