The Scottish Government

The Scottish Government (formerly the Scottish Executive) was established in 1999 as the devolved government for Scotland.  It is responsible for most of the issues of day-to-day concern to the people of Scotland, including health, education, justice, rural affairs and transport. 

The ESFF has highlighted the following fraud-related articles of interest from the pages of the Scottish Government's website. 

• Guidance from the Scottish Government on the prevention, detection, reporting and handling of fraud.
• A joint consultation paper on proposals aimed at stopping fraudsters from using the identities of dead people, issued on 13th December 2006 by the Registrars General for England and Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland.

Further Scottish Government publications relating to crime, law, justice and rights can be accessed here.