Public Audit Committee

Convener

Hugh Henry (Paisley South) (Lab)

Deputy convener

*Murdo Fraser (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con)

Committee members

*Willie Coffey (Kilmarnock and Loudoun) (SNP)

George Foulkes (Lothians) (Lab)

*Jamie Hepburn (Central Scotland) (SNP)

Mr Frank McAveety (Glasgow Shettleston) (Lab)

*Anne McLaughlin (Glasgow) (SNP)

*Nicol Stephen (Aberdeen South) (LD)

Committee substitutes

Derek Brownlee (South of Scotland) (Con)

Linda Fabiani (Central Scotland) (SNP)

*James Kelly (Glasgow Rutherglen) (Lab)

John Farquhar Munro (Ross, Skye and Inverness West) (LD)

The following also attended:

Barbara Hurst (Audit Scotland)

The following also participated:

Leslie Evans (Scottish Government Director General Education)

Janine Kellett (Scottish Government Children, Young People and Social Care Directorate)

Fiona Robertson (Scottish Government Children, Young People and Social Care Directorate)

Clerk to the committee

Jane Williams (Clerk)