Remit
Guidance to Committees
In advance of the Draft Budget’s publication, the Committee circulated guidance to the subject committees inviting them to consider the following themes in their budget scrutiny—
- Outcomes Based Budget Scrutiny
- Prioritisation
- Value for Money
- Preventative Spending
- Climate Change
Read the Guidance to subject committees June 2017 (109KB pdf).
Report on Draft Budget 2018-19
The Committee published its Report on Draft Budget 2018-19 on 26 January 2018.
Draft Budget 2018-19 Correspondence
- Letter from the Convener to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Constitution regarding draft budget timings, 28 June 2017 (53KB pdf)
- Letter from Cabinet Secretary for Finance and the Constitution to Convener, 20 September 2017 (87KB PDF)
- Letter from Convener to Cabinet Secretary for Finance and the Constitution, 27 September 2017 (62KB pdf)
- Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and the Constitution in connection to the Autumn Budget Revision, 30 November 2017 (61KB pdf)
- Letter from the Arts & Business Scotland regarding the Scottish budget 2018-19, 4 December 2017 (261KB pdf)
- Letter from Paul Grice to Convener, 21 December 2017 (224KB pdf)
- Letter from Susan Rice, Scottish Fiscal Commission to the Convener, dated 9 January 2018 (280KB pdf)
- Letter to Convener from Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Constitution regarding. Marriage Allowance, 12 January 2018 (54KB pdf)
- Statement from Interparliamentary Forum on Brexit, 2nd Meeting, 18 January 2018 (121KB pdf)
- Letter from Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Constitution further to oral evidence on 19 January 2018 (262KB pdf)
- Letter to Elizabeth Truss regarding the publication of the Draft Budget 2018-19 report, dated 29 January 2018 (258KB pdf)
Other Correspondence
Oral evidence sessions
20 December 2017: The Committee took evidence on the Scottish Government's Draft Budget 2018-19 from the Scottish Fiscal Commission and then from Scottish Chambers of Commerce, IPPR Scotland and Scottish Trades Union. Please read the Official Report 20 December 2017.
10 January 2018: The Committee took evidence on the OBR's economic and fiscal outlook from Robert Chote, Chairman, Office for Budget Responsibility and Revenue proposals in the Scottish Government's Draft Budget 2018-19 from Derek Mackay, Cabinet Secretary for Finance and the Constitution and the Scottish Government. Please read the Official Report 10 January 2018.
15 January 2018: The Committee took evidence on the expenditure proposals in the Scottish Government's Draft Budget 2018-19 from Derek Mackay, Cabinet Secretary for Finance and the Constitution, Graham Owenson, Head of Local Government Finance, and John Nicholson, Deputy Director for Financial Scrutiny and Outcomes, Scottish Government. Please read the Official Report 15 January 2018.