About the Scottish Parliament

Guide to information

All public authorities in Scotland where the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 applies must have a publication scheme to:

provide classes of information published by the organisation
tell you how you can find information and explain if it is free or if there is a charge

Introduction
Class 1: about the Scottish Parliament and SPCB
Class 2: how we deliver our functions and services
Class 3: how we take decisions and what we have decided
Class 4: what we spend and how we spend it
Class 5: how we manage our human, physical and information resources
Class 6: how we procure goods and services from external providers
Class 7: how we are performing
Class 8: our commercial publications
Class 9: our open data
Contacting us

Class 4: what we spend and how we spend it

Information about our strategy for, and management of, financial resources (in sufficient detail to explain how we plan to spend public money and what has actually been spent).

Information we publish under this class:

SPCB Annual Report and Accounts
Scottish Parliamentary Pension Scheme annual accounts
SPCB quarterly finance reports
SPCB spend over £25,000

Find the latest reports with this information on the SPCB Accounts webpage

Previous reports and accounts are available on the NRS website

Class 3: how we take decisions and what we have decided

Class 5: how we manage our human, physical and information resources

Election 2026

About the Scottish Parliament

Guide to information

Class 4: what we spend and how we spend it