Finance and Public Administration Committee
- Scotland’s public finances
- public service reform
- the National Performance Framework
- public administration in government.
Next meeting of the committee
Details of the next meeting are not available yet.
Dates for future meetings
The Parliament is in recess from 29 June 2024. There aren't expected to be any committee meetings until September.
Previous meetings of the committee
Work of the Committee
Current work
Aggregates Tax and Devolved Taxes Administration (Scotland) Bill
Inquiry into the Scottish Government’s Public Service Reform programme
Intergovernmental Relations - Finance and Written Agreements
Interparliamentary Finance Committee Forum
National Performance Framework: Inquiry into proposed National Outcomes
Pre-Budget Scrutiny 2025-26: Managing Scotland’s Public Finances: A Strategic Approach
Scotland’s Commissioner Landscape: A Strategic Approach
Scrutiny of Financial Memorandums
Completed work
Budget Scrutiny 2022-23
Budget Scrutiny 2023-24
Budget Scrutiny 2024-25
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
National Performance Framework: Ambitions into Action
Replacing EU Structural Funds in Scotland
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
Scottish Fiscal Framework: Independent Report and Review
The Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (Green Freeports Relief) (Scotland) Order 2023 (SSI 2023/Draft)
The Sustainability of Scotland's Finances
Correspondence
Correspondence
Finance and Public Administration Committee
Disability Commissioner (Scotland) Bill - Financial Memorandum
Letter from the Convener of the Finance and Public Administration Committee to the Convener of the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee of 23 July 2024
Finance and Public Administration Committee
Housing (Scotland) Bill - Financial Memorandum
Letter from the Minister for Housing to the Convener of the Financial and Public Administration Committee of 17 July 2024
Finance and Public Administration Committee
Publication of the seventh Medium-Term Financial Strategy - Letter of 15 July 2024
Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government to the Convener of 15 July 2024
Official Reports of meetings
Official Reports of meetings
Meeting date: Tuesday, June 25, 2024
Finance and Public Administration Committee
Disability Commissioner (Scotland) Bill: Financial Memorandum
Meeting date: Tuesday, June 11, 2024
Finance and Public Administration Committee
Aggregates Tax and Devolved Taxes Administration (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2
Meeting date: Tuesday, June 4, 2024
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Scotland’s Commissioner Landscape
Meeting date: Tuesday, May 28, 2024
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Scotland’s Commissioner Landscape
Meeting date: Tuesday, May 21, 2024
Finance and Public Administration Committee
Public Administration in the Scottish Government, Scotland’s Commissioner Landscape
Meeting date: Tuesday, May 14, 2024
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Scotland’s Commissioner Landscape
Meeting date: Tuesday, May 7, 2024
Finance and Public Administration Committee
Scotland’s Commissioner Landscape, Police (Ethics, Conduct and Scrutiny) (Scotland) Bill: Financial Memorandum
Meeting date: Tuesday, April 30, 2024
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Scotland’s Commissioner Landscape
Meeting date: Tuesday, April 16, 2024
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Scotland’s Commissioner Landscape
Meeting date: Tuesday, March 26, 2024
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Police (Ethics, Conduct and Scrutiny) (Scotland) Bill: Financial Memorandum, Scottish Fiscal Commission (Report on Climate Change and Fiscal Sustainability)
Reports
Committee reports
Annual Report of the Finance and Public Administration Committee 2023-24
The annual report of the Finance and Public Administration Committee for the period 13 May 2023 to 12 May 2024
Stage 1 report on the Aggregates Tax and Devolved Taxes Administration (Scotland) Bill
A report on the Finance and Public Administration Committee's consideration of the Aggregates Tax and Devolved Taxes Administration (Scotland) Bill at Stage 1.
Subordinate Legislation: The Budget (Scotland) Act 2023 Amendment Regulations 2024 [draft]
A report on the Finance and Public Administration Committee's consideration of the Budget (Scotland) Act 2023 Amendment Regulations 2024 [draft]
Committee 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 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.
Current Members
Kenneth Gibson
Michael Marra
Ross Greer
Jamie Halcro Johnston
John Mason
Liz Smith
Michelle Thomson
Full details of committee membership, including substitute and previous members