The Committee was established in June 2021. It focuses on:
Details of the next meeting are not available yet.
The Finance and Public Administration Committee usually meets weekly on Tuesdays.
Finance and Public Administration Committee
Scottish Budget 2026-27 - Letter of 6 October 2025
6 October 2025
Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government to the Convener, 6 October 2025
Finance and Public Administration Committee
2 October 2025
Submission from the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS), 2 October 2025
Finance and Public Administration Committee
Scottish Budget 2026-27 - Letter of 1 October 2025
1 October 2025
Letter from the Convener to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government, 1 October 2025
Meeting date: Tuesday, September 30, 2025
Finance and Public Administration Committee
Pre-budget Scrutiny 2026-27
Meeting date: Tuesday, September 16, 2025
Finance and Public Administration Committee
Pre-budget Scrutiny 2026-27
Meeting date: Tuesday, September 9, 2025
Finance and Public Administration Committee
Decision on Taking Business in Private, Pre-budget Scrutiny 2026-27, Scottish Fiscal Commission (Appointments)
Meeting date: Tuesday, September 2, 2025
Finance and Public Administration Committee
Scottish Government and Scottish Fiscal Commission (Publications)
Meeting date: Tuesday, June 24, 2025
Finance and Public Administration Committee
Public Administration in the Scottish Government
Meeting date: Tuesday, June 17, 2025
Finance and Public Administration Committee
Scottish Public Inquiries (Cost-effectiveness)
Meeting date: Tuesday, June 10, 2025
Finance and Public Administration Committee
Scottish Fiscal Commission (Economic and Fiscal Forecasts), Scottish Public Inquiries (Cost Effectiveness)
Meeting date: Tuesday, June 3, 2025
Finance and Public Administration Committee
Scottish Public Inquiries (Cost-effectiveness)
Meeting date: Tuesday, May 27, 2025
Finance and Public Administration Committee
Care Reform (Scotland) Bill: Financial Summary, Scottish Public Inquiries (Cost-effectiveness)
Meeting date: Tuesday, May 20, 2025
Finance and Public Administration Committee
Scottish Budget Process in Practice, Scottish Public Inquiries (Cost-effectiveness)
Report on Commissioner nominees to the Scottish Fiscal Commission
Report approving the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government's nominees for appointment as Commissioners to the Scottish Fiscal Commission.
Report on the Scottish Budget process in practice
A report on the Finance and Public Administration Committee's inquiry into the Scottish budget process in practice.
Annual Report of the Finance and Public Administration Committee 2024-25
The annual report of the Finance and Public Administration Committee for the 2024-25 parliamentary year.
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 the National Performance Framework within the responsibilities of the Deputy First Minister, public service reform within the responsibility of the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government, and public administration.
Full details of committee membership, including substitute and previous members