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Red tape review group to report Calls for radical red tape cuts
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An independent body looking at levels of red tape and regulation is due to publish its recommendations. One single body could oversee the regulation of all public services in Scotland, ministers have been told.
The review, chaired by Professor Lorne Crerar, was asked by the last Scottish Executive to suggest ways to cut down on duplication and waste. A review, chaired by Professor Lorne Crerar, was asked by the previous Scottish administration to suggest ways to cut down on duplication and waste.
Its recommendations are expected to be acted on by the new SNP government which has pledged to make public services more efficient. Many of those providing public services claimed the costs of the current system outweighed the benefits.
Prof Crerar is a former chairman of the Standards Commission for Scotland. The recommendations are expected to be acted on by the Scottish Government, which wants more efficient services.
Form-filling
There are 43 organisations scrutinising the way public money is spent in Scotland, ranging from Audit Scotland to Her Majesty's inspectors of schools, police and prisons.There are 43 organisations scrutinising the way public money is spent in Scotland, ranging from Audit Scotland to Her Majesty's inspectors of schools, police and prisons.
In addition, there is also a whole superstructure of ombudsmen and complaint handling services. 'Overcrowded landscape'
Critics say the system is too bureaucratic and involves a lot of multiple form-filling. In addition, there is also a range of ombudsmen and complaint handling services.
Prof Crerar, a senior lawyer, has been leading a review of the regulation system for the past year and his recommendations promise to be surprising and radical. Prof Crerar, a former chairman of the Standards Commission for Scotland, said that public service providers should be given greater responsibility to regulate themselves.
The review's publication comes as Finance Secretary John Swinney is considering how to implement the SNP's election promise to cut government red tape and bureaucracy. "I am proposing a substantial reduction in the burden experienced by providers that, in the longer term, would reduce significantly what I believe to be an unnecessarily overcrowded landscape," he said.
"What I am proposing is radically different from current arrangements and could eventually lead to the creation of one single scrutiny body.
"I do not underestimate the work that will be required to deliver it but, given the concerns that have been expressed to me, and my own view of the complex arrangements that have evolved, I believe it is right to recommend these steps be taken now."