Finance and Public Administration Committee
The Committee was established in June 2021. It focuses on:
- Scotland’s public finances
- public service reform
- the National Performance Framework
- public administration in government.
Next meeting of the committee
Start time:
9:30am, Tuesday 11 November 2025
Location: TG.40-CR1 The Burns Room
Agenda:
- Subordinate legislation
- Subordinate legislation
- Building Safety Levy (Scotland) Bill
Dates for future meetings
The Finance and Public Administration Committee usually meets weekly on Tuesdays.
Previous meetings of the committee
Work of the Committee
Current work
Building Safety Levy (Scotland) Bill
Cost-effectiveness of Scottish public inquiries
Inquiry into the Scottish Government's Public Service Reform programme
Intergovernmental Relations: Finance and Written Agreements
Interparliamentary Finance Committee Forum
Pre-Budget Scrutiny 2026-27: Responding to Long-Term Fiscal Pressures
Scrutiny of Financial Memorandums
Completed work
Aggregates Tax and Devolved Taxes Administration (Scotland) Bill
Budget (Scotland) (No. 2) Bill
Budget (Scotland) (No. 3) Bill
Budget (Scotland) (No. 4) Bill
Budget (Scotland) Bill
Budget Scrutiny 2022-23
Budget Scrutiny 2023-24
Budget Scrutiny 2024-25
Budget Scrutiny 2025-26
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
Inquiry into the Scottish budget process in practice
Medium Term Financial Strategy Review
National Performance Framework: Ambitions into Action
National Performance Framework: Inquiry into proposed National Outcomes
Pre-Budget Scrutiny 2022-23: Scotland's public finances in 2022-23 and the impact of COVID-19
Pre-Budget Scrutiny 2023-24: Scotland's public finances in 2023-24: the impact of the cost of living and public service reform
Pre-Budget Scrutiny 2024-25: The Sustainability of Scotland's Finances
Pre-Budget Scrutiny 2025-26: Managing Scotland's Public Finances: A Strategic Approach
Replacing EU Structural Funds in Scotland
Scotland's Commissioner Landscape: A Strategic Approach
Scottish Fiscal Framework: Independent Report and Review
The Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (Green Freeports Relief) (Scotland) Order 2023 (SSI 2023/Draft)
Correspondence
Correspondence
Finance and Public Administration Committee
Scottish Budget 2026-27 - Budget Bill Timetable - Letter of 6 November 2025
6 November 2025
Letter from the Convener to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government, 6 November 2025
Finance and Public Administration Committee
Invitation to Scottish Public Pensions Agency - Letter of 6 November 2025
6 November 2025
Letter from the Convener to the Chief Executive Officer of the Scottish Public Pensions Agency, 6 November 2025
Finance and Public Administration Committee
30 October 2025
Letter from the Convener to the Convener of the Education, Children and Young People Committee, 30 October 2025
Official Reports of meetings
Official Reports of meetings
Meeting date: Tuesday, October 28, 2025
Finance and Public Administration Committee
Scottish Public Inquiries (Cost-effectiveness)
Meeting date: Tuesday, October 7, 2025
Finance and Public Administration Committee
Subordinate Legislation, Building Safety Levy (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1, Scottish Public Inquiries (Cost-effectiveness)
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)
Reports
Committee reports
Report on pre-budget scrutiny 2026-27: responding to long-term fiscal pressures
A report on the Finance and Public Administration Committee's pre-budget scrutiny 2026-27: responding to long-term fiscal pressures
Scottish Statutory Instruments relating to administration of the Scottish Aggregates Tax
A report on the Finance and Public Administration Committee's consideration of Scottish Statutory Instruments relating to administration of the Scottish Aggregates Tax
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.
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
Convener
Scottish National Party
Michael Marra
Deputy Convener
Scottish Labour
Ross Greer
Member
Scottish Green Party
Craig Hoy
Member
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
John Mason
Member
Independent
Liz Smith
Member
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Michelle Thomson
Member
Scottish National Party
Full details of committee membership, including substitute and previous members