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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The Finance and Public Administration is seeking views as part of its pre-budget scrutiny 2027–28: focussing on the affordability and sustainability of Scotland’s tax and spending plans.

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Next meeting of the committee

Details of the next meeting are not available yet.

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

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

Embezzlement of funds from the Scottish National Party

1 July 2026

Correspondence to the Convener from Patricia Ferguson MP, Chair of the Scottish Affairs Committee, UK Parliament, 1 July 2026

Finance and Public Administration Committee

Medium-Term Financial Strategy 2026 update from Scottish Government, June 2026

25 June 2026

Correspondence to the Convener from Jenny Gilruth MSP, Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government, 24 June 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, 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.