Report Summary
This report provides members of the Scottish Police Authority with an overview of recommends updates to the Authority’s Corporate Governance Framework to simplify and clarify language, responsibilities and address accessibility issues. Updates are proposed to the Authority’s: Standing Orders (appendix A) and Committee Terms of Reference (appendix B). In addition, a new Executive Leadership and Remuneration Committee is proposed (appendix C). It is also recommended that reporting to the Policing Together Oversight Group is subsumed into the People Committee and the oversight group stood down from 1 April 2026.
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Meeting
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Meeting of the Scottish Police Authority - 27 November 2025
Date : 27 November 2025
Location : Caledonian Suite, COSLA, Verity House, 19 Haymarket Yards, Edinburgh, EH12 5BH
Recommendation
Members are invited to approve the updates proposed to the following:
• Standing Orders
• Committee Terms of Reference
Members are also invited to approve:
• Establishment of an Executive Leadership and Remuneration Committee and associated terms of reference
• Transfer responsibility for oversight of the Policing Together programme to the People Committee, standing down the Policing Together Oversight Group, from 1 April 2026.
