Finance and Public Administration Committee
- Scotland’s public finances
- public service reform
- the National Performance Framework
- public administration in government.
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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)
Daniel Johnson
Deputy Convener
Party: Scottish Labour
MSP for: Edinburgh Southern (Constituency)
Ross Greer
Member
Party: Scottish Green Party
MSP for: West Scotland (Region)
Douglas Lumsden
Member
Party: Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
MSP for: North East Scotland (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
Fergus Ewing
Substitute Member
Party: Scottish National Party
MSP for: Inverness and Nairn (Constituency)
Jamie Halcro Johnston
Substitute Member
Party: Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
MSP for: Highlands and Islands (Region)
Colin Smyth
Substitute Member
Party: Scottish Labour
MSP for: South Scotland (Region)
Committee work
Current
Children and Young People (Scotland) Bill: Post-legislative scrutiny of the 2013 Financial Memorandum
Intergovernmental Relations - Finance and Written Agreements
Interparliamentary Finance Committee Forum
National Performance Framework: Ambitions into Action
Replacing EU Structural Funds in Scotland
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
Scrutiny of Financial Memorandums
Previous
Correspondence
Committee correspondence
Finance and Public Administration Committee
Use of Common Law Powers to Appoint a Chair of the Capital Accounting Review
Letter from the Minister for Public Finance, Planning and Community Reform to the Convener of 1 August 2022
Finance and Public Administration Committee
Culture and behaviours in the Scottish Government - the Continuous Improvement Programme 2022
Update from the Scottish Government of 29 July 2022
Finance and Public Administration Committee
Update on income assumed at the 2022-23 Scottish Budget
Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Economy to the Convener of 15 July 2022
Official Reports
Official Reports
Meeting date: Tuesday, June 28, 2022
Finance and Public Administration Committee
Financial Memorandum for the Children and Young People (Scotland) Bill (Post-legislative Scrutiny)
Meeting date: Tuesday, June 21, 2022
Finance and Public Administration Committee
Financial Memorandum for the Children and Young People (Scotland) Bill (Post-legislative Scrutiny)
Meeting date: Tuesday, June 7, 2022
Finance and Public Administration Committee
Economic and Fiscal Forecasts, Resource Spending Review and Medium-term Financial Strategy
Reports
Committee reports
Annual Report of the Finance and Public Administration Committee for 2021-22
This report covers the work of the Finance and Public Administration Committee during the parliamentary year from 13 May 2021 to 12 May 2022.
Report on nominations to the Scottish Fiscal Commission
A report by the Finance and Public Administration Committee on nominations to the Scottish Fiscal Commission.
Investing in Scotland's Future: Resource Spending Review Framework
A response to the Scottish Government's consultation on its draft Resource Spending Review Framework.
Remit
To consider and report on the following (and any additional matter added under Rule 6.1.5A)—
- 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
- any report made by a committee setting out proposals concerning public revenue or expenditure
- Budget Bills
- 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
- matters relating to public service reform and the National Performance Framework within the responsibilities of the Deputy First Minister and public administration.