Who we are
The Office of the Public Guardian (OPG) which is part of the Scottish Court Service was established in April 2001 following the passing of the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act by the Scottish Parliament. We are responsible for supervising the actions of those appointed in terms of the Act to manage the property and financial affairs of adults who lack the capacity to carry out these functions for themselves. We also provide a wide range of advice and guidance
The OPG is able to investigate concerns where the property or financial affairs of an adult seem to be at risk.
The management team within the OPG comprises Sandra McDonald Public Guardian; Stuart Fowler, Deputy Public Guardian Corporate Support;. Debra Allison and Rose Wawrzyniak both Deputy Public Guardian Operations. Stuart's responsibilities cover Finance; IT; Investigations and Training. Rose and Debra are responsible for the multifunctional teams. Rose also has responsibility for the Accountant of Court's Office in Edinburgh.
We aim to provide our customers with an efficient service delivered by highly trained members of staff. Our staff will to respond to telephone, written or on-line enquiries within set timescales. For more information on our quality of service see our Customer Charter
The Office of the Public Guardian (Scotland) operational budget for 2007/2008 is £2,153,920. This total figure incorporates both staff costs £1,913,124 (such as salaries, pensions etc) and non-staff costs £240,796 (telephones, postage, printing, etc).
