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
16th Meeting, 2022
Agenda: Decision on taking business in private, New Vessels for the Clyde and Hebrides: Arrangements to deliver vessels 801 and 802, New Vessels for the Clyde and Hebrides: Arrangements to deliver vessels 801 and 802, Work programme, Annual report
09:00am, 26 May 2022
T1.60-CR4 The Clerk Maxwell Room
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
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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
Administration of Scottish income tax 2020/21
Aims and Strategic Objectives
Major Capital Projects
Major ICT Projects
New Vessels for the Clyde and Hebrides: Arrangements to deliver vessels 801 and 802
NHS in Scotland 2021
Planning for Skills
Scotland's colleges 2020
Social Care Briefing
The 2020/21 audit of National Records of Scotland
The 2020/21 audit of Scottish Government Consolidated Accounts
The 2020/21 audit of South Lanarkshire College
The 2020/21 audit of the Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland
The 2020/21 audit of the Scottish Environment Protection Agency
The 2021/ 21 audit of the Crofting Commission
Previous
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
Community empowerment: Covid-19 update
Community Justice: Sustainable alternatives to custody
Covid-19: Vaccination Programme
Drug and Alcohol Services: An update
Improving outcomes for children and young people through school education
The 2020/21 audit of Bòrd na Gàidhlig
The 2020/21 audit of NHS Highland
The 2020/21 audit of NHS National Services Scotland: Response to the Covid-19 pandemic
The 2020/21 audit of Scottish Canals
Correspondence
Committee correspondence
The 2020/21 audit of Scottish Environment Protection Agency: Follow up Information from SEPA
Letter to the Convener from Jo Green, Acting Chief Executive, Scottish Environment Protection Agency, 13 May 2022
NHS in Scotland 2021: Follow up information
Letter to the Convener from Caroline Lamb, Director-General Health and Social Care and Chief Executive of NHS Scotland, Scottish Government, 13 May 2022
The 2020/21 audit of Scottish Canals: Follow up information - Scottish Government
Letter to the Convener from Iain Pearce, Chief Economist Directorate, Scottish Government, 10 May 2022
Official Reports
Official Reports
Meeting date: Thursday, May 19, 2022
Decision on Taking Business in Private, Major Capital Projects: Accountability and Governance Arrangements
Meeting date: Thursday, May 12, 2022
Decision on Taking Business in Private, Section 22 Report: “The 2020/21 audit of South Lanarkshire College”, “Administration of Scottish income tax 2020/21”
Meeting date: Thursday, April 28, 2022
Decision on Taking Business in Private, Section 22 Report: “The 2020/21 audit of NHS Highland”, Section 23 Report: “New vessels for the Clyde and Hebrides: Arrangements to deliver vessels 801 and 802”
Reports
Committee reports
The 2020/21 audit of the Crofting Commission
The Public Audit Committee reports on its scrutiny of the Auditor General for Scotland's section 22 report on the 2020/21 audit of the Crofting Commission.
Annual Report of the Public Audit and Post-legislative Scrutiny Committee
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.