Chamber and committees

Finance and Public Administration Committee

The Committee was established in June 2026. It focuses on:

Scotland’s public finances
public administration in government
public inquiries
the National Performance Framework
the formation and budgets of officeholders established by the Parliament.

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Next meeting of the committee

Start time: 9:30am, Wednesday 23 September 2026

Location: Committee Room 1

Agenda:

Pre-budget Scrutiny 2027-28: Affordability and sustainability of Scotland's tax and spending plans
Pre-budget Scrutiny 2027-28: Affordability and sustainability of Scotland's tax and spending plans – review of evidence (in private)

Full agenda and other meeting papers

Dates for future meetings

The Finance and Public Administration Committee usually meets on Wednesday.

Previous meetings of the committee

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Work of the Committee

Work of the Committee: Current work

Pre-Budget Scrutiny 2027-28: Guidance for Committees

Pre-budget scrutiny 2027-28: the affordability and sustainability of Scotland’s tax and spending plans

Work of the Committee: Correspondence

Correspondence

Finance and Public Administration Committee

Proposal for Reform of Local Governance, September 2026

21 September 2026

Correspondence to the Conveners of Finance and Public Administration, Public Service Reform, and Social Justice, Housing and Local Government Committees from Jenny Gilruth MSP, Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government and Ivan McKee MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Public Service Reform, Scottish Government, 26 September 2026

Finance and Public Administration Committee

UK Covid Inquiry Module 3 report update, September 2026

17 September 2026

Correspondence to the Convener from Jenny Gilruth MSP, Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government, Scottish Government, 17 September 2026

Finance and Public Administration Committee

National Performance Framework update, September 2026

15 September 2026

Correspondence to the Convener from Ivan McKee MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Public Service Reform, Scottish Government, 15 September 2026

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Work of the Committee: Official Reports of meetings

Official Reports of meetings

Finance and Public Administration Committee

Meeting date: Wednesday, September 16, 2026

Pre-budget Scrutiny 2027-28

Finance and Public Administration Committee

Meeting date: Wednesday, September 9, 2026

Decision on Taking Business in Private, Pre-budget Scrutiny 2027-28

Finance and Public Administration Committee

Meeting date: Wednesday, September 2, 2026

Decision on Taking Business in Private, Scottish Fiscal Commission (Publications)

Finance and Public Administration Committee

Meeting date: Wednesday, June 17, 2026

Interests, Deputy Convener, Decision on Taking Business in Private

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Work of the Committee: Committee Remit

To consider and report on the following —

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; and
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.
any other matter falling within the responsibility of the Scottish Administration relating to the National Performance Framework, public inquiries, and public administration; and proposals for the formation and budgets of officeholders established by the Parliament.