Public Audit Committee
The Public Audit Committee was established in June 2021. It mainly focuses on reports published by the Auditor General for Scotland to ensure that public money is spent efficiently and effectively by
- the Scottish Government, and
- other public bodies (including colleges, police and fire services and the NHS).
Next meeting
Meeting details are not yet available. They will be published here in due course.
Get in touch
If you want to get in touch, you can contact Lynn Russell, the Clerk for the committee at [email protected]
Address: The Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh, EH99 1SP
Phone: 0131 348 5186 Find out about call charges.
Email: [email protected]
Twitter: @SP_PublicAudit
If you're appearing as a witness at a committee, take a look at our witness guide for more information.
Members
Members of the Public Audit Committee
Current Members
Richard Leonard
Convener
Party: Scottish Labour
MSP for: Central Scotland (Region)
Sharon Dowey
Deputy Convener
Party: Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
MSP for: South Scotland (Region)
Colin Beattie
Member
Party: Scottish National Party
MSP for: Midlothian North and Musselburgh (Constituency)
Willie Coffey
Member
Party: Scottish National Party
MSP for: Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley (Constituency)
Craig Hoy
Member
Party: Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
MSP for: South Scotland (Region)
Substitute Members
Alexander Burnett
Substitute Member
Party: Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
MSP for: Aberdeenshire West (Constituency)
Katy Clark
Substitute Member
Party: Scottish Labour
MSP for: West Scotland (Region)
Bill Kidd
Substitute Member
Party: Scottish National Party
MSP for: Glasgow Anniesland (Constituency)
Committee work
Current
Correspondence
Committee correspondence
Scotland's colleges 2020 Additional Information from the Auditor General for Scotland
Letter from the Auditor General for Scotland to the Convener, on additional information on Scotland's colleges 2020, 4 October 2021
Letter from Convener to Joe Griffin, Director-General Education and Justice, Scottish Government, 1 October 2021
Covid-19: Vaccination programme
Referral letter from the Auditor General for Scotland to the Convener, 30 September 2021
Remit
There shall be a committee, the remit of which is to consider and report on the following (and any additional matter added under Rule 6.1.5A):
- any accounts laid before the Parliament;
- any report laid before or made to the Parliament by the Auditor General for Scotland; and
- any other document laid before the Parliament, or referred to it by the Parliamentary Bureau or by the Auditor General for Scotland, concerning financial control, accounting and auditing in relation to public expenditure.