Finance and Public Administration Committee
- Scotland’s public finances
- public service reform
- the National Performance Framework
- public administration in government.
Next meeting
33rd Meeting, 2023
Agenda: Budget Scrutiny 2024-25: UK context, Work programme
09:30am, 12 December 2023
TG.40-CR1 The Burns Room
Get in touch
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Address: The Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh, EH99 1SP
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Members
Members of the Finance and Public Administration Committee
Current Members
Kenneth Gibson
Convener
Party: Scottish National Party
MSP for: Cunninghame North (Constituency)
Michael Marra
Deputy Convener
Party: Scottish Labour
MSP for: North East Scotland (Region)
Ross Greer
Member
Party: Scottish Green Party
MSP for: West Scotland (Region)
Jamie Halcro Johnston
Member
Party: Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
MSP for: Highlands and Islands (Region)
John Mason
Member
Party: Scottish National Party
MSP for: Glasgow Shettleston (Constituency)
Liz Smith
Member
Party: Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
MSP for: Mid Scotland and Fife (Region)
Michelle Thomson
Member
Party: Scottish National Party
MSP for: Falkirk East (Constituency)
Substitute Members
Murdo Fraser
Substitute Member
Party: Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
MSP for: Mid Scotland and Fife (Region)
Daniel Johnson
Substitute Member
Party: Scottish Labour
MSP for: Edinburgh Southern (Constituency)
Gillian Mackay
Substitute Member
Party: Scottish Green Party
MSP for: Central Scotland (Region)
Audrey Nicoll
Substitute Member
Party: Scottish National Party
MSP for: Aberdeen South and North Kincardine (Constituency)
Committee work
Current
Inquiry into the Scottish Government’s Public Service Reform programme
Intergovernmental Relations - Finance and Written Agreements
Interparliamentary Finance Committee Forum
National Performance Framework: Ambitions into Action
Replacing EU Structural Funds in Scotland
Scottish Fiscal Framework: Independent Report and Review
Scrutiny of Financial Memorandums
The Sustainability of Scotland's Finances
Previous
Budget Scrutiny 2022-23
Budget Scrutiny 2023-2024
Children and Young People (Scotland) Bill: Post-legislative scrutiny of the 2013 Financial Memorandum
Framework for the Resource Spending Review
Inquiry into Public Administration - Effective Scottish Government decision-making
Medium Term Financial Strategy Review
Scotland's public finances in 2022-23 and the impact of COVID-19
Scotland's public finances in 2023-24: the impact of the cost of living and public service reform
The Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (Green Freeports Relief) (Scotland) Order 2023 (SSI 2023/Draft)
Correspondence
Committee correspondence
Finance and Public Administration Committee
Budget - Block Grant Adjustments - Letter of 6 December 2023
Letter from the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Finance to the Convener of 6 December 2023
Finance and Public Administration Committee
Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill and attendance at Committee - Letter of 4 December 2023
Letter from the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, UK Government to the Convener of 4 December 2023
Finance and Public Administration Committee
Update on 2023-24 In-Year Budget Changes - Letter of 21 November 2023
Letter from the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Finance to the Convener of 21 November 2023
Official Reports
Official Reports
Meeting date: Tuesday, December 5, 2023
Finance and Public Administration Committee
Revenue Scotland
Meeting date: Tuesday, November 21, 2023
Finance and Public Administration Committee
Interests, Scottish Fiscal Framework: Independent Report and Review
Meeting date: Tuesday, November 14, 2023
Finance and Public Administration Committee
Scottish Fiscal Framework: Independent Report and Review, Scottish Fiscal Framework: Value Added Tax Assignment
Meeting date: Tuesday, November 7, 2023
Finance and Public Administration Committee
Circular Economy (Scotland) Bill: Financial Memorandum, Subordinate Legislation
Meeting date: Tuesday, October 24, 2023
Finance and Public Administration Committee
Circular Economy (Scotland) Bill: Financial Memorandum
Meeting date: Tuesday, October 3, 2023
Finance and Public Administration Committee
Sustainability of Scotland’s Finances
Meeting date: Tuesday, September 26, 2023
Finance and Public Administration Committee
National Care Service (Scotland) Bill: Financial Memorandum, Sustainability of Scotland’s Finances
Meeting date: Tuesday, September 19, 2023
Finance and Public Administration Committee
Sustainability of Scotland’s Finances
Meeting date: Tuesday, September 12, 2023
Finance and Public Administration Committee
Subordinate Legislation, Public Service Reform Programme
Meeting date: Tuesday, September 5, 2023
Finance and Public Administration Committee
Interests, Scottish Fiscal Commission (Publications), Subordinate Legislation
Reports
Committee reports
Report on the Financial Memorandum for the Circular Economy (Scotland) Bill
A report by the Finance and Public Administration Committee on the Financial Memorandum for the Circular Economy (Scotland) Bill
Subordinate Legislation: The Budget (Scotland) Act 2023 Amendment Regulations 2023 [draft]
A report on the Finance and Public Administration Committee's consideration of the Budget (Scotland) Act 2023 Amendment Regulations 2023.
Pre-Budget Scrutiny 2024-25: The Sustainability of Scotland's Finances
A report on the Finance and Public Administration's Pre-Budget scrutiny on the sustainability of Scotland's finances
Remit
To consider and report on the following (and any additional matter added under Rule 6.1.5A)—
(a) any report or other document containing proposals for, or budgets of, public revenue or expenditure or proposals for the making of a Scottish rate resolution, taking into account any report or recommendations concerning such documents made by any other committee with power to consider such documents or any part of them;
(b) any report made by a committee setting out proposals concerning public revenue or expenditure;
(c) Budget Bills; and
(d) any other matter relating to or affecting the revenue or expenditure of the Scottish Administration or other monies payable into or expenditure payable out of the Scottish Consolidated Fund.
(e) matters relating to public service reform and the National Performance Framework within the responsibilities of the Deputy First Minister and public administration.
2. The Committee may also consider and, where it sees fit, report to the Parliament on the timetable for the Stages of Budget Bills and on the handling of financial business.
3. In these Rules, “public expenditure” means expenditure of the Scottish Administration, other expenditure payable out of the Scottish Consolidated Fund and any other expenditure met out of taxes, charges and other public revenue."