Finance and Public Administration Committee
The Committee was established in June 2021. It focuses on:
- Scotland’s public finances
- public service reform
- the National Performance Framework
- public administration in government.
Next meeting of the committee
Details of the next meeting are not available yet.
Future meetings of the committee
The Finance and Public Administration Committee usually meets weekly on Tuesdays.
Previous meetings of the committee
Work of the Committee
Facal-luirg
Budget (Scotland) (No. 4) Bill
Budget Scrutiny 2025-26
Inquiry into the Scottish Government's Public Service Reform programme
Inquiry into the Scottish budget process in practice
Intergovernmental Relations: Finance and Written Agreements
Interparliamentary Finance Committee Forum
Scotland's Commissioner Landscape: A Strategic Approach
Scrutiny of Financial Memorandums
Facal-luirg
Aggregates Tax and Devolved Taxes Administration (Scotland) Bill
Budget (Scotland) (No. 2) Bill
Budget (Scotland) (No. 3) Bill
Budget (Scotland) Bill
Budget Scrutiny 2022-23
Budget Scrutiny 2023-24
Budget Scrutiny 2024-25
Children and Young People (Scotland) Bill: Post-legislative scrutiny of the 2013 Financial Memorandum
Framework for the Resource Spending Review
Inquiry into Public Administration - Effective Scottish Government decision-making
Medium Term Financial Strategy Review
National Performance Framework: Ambitions into Action
National Performance Framework: Inquiry into proposed National Outcomes
Pre-Budget Scrutiny 2022-23: Scotland's public finances in 2022-23 and the impact of COVID-19
Pre-Budget Scrutiny 2023-24: Scotland's public finances in 2023-24: the impact of the cost of living and public service reform
Pre-Budget Scrutiny 2024-25: The Sustainability of Scotland's Finances
Pre-Budget Scrutiny 2025-26: Managing Scotland's Public Finances: A Strategic Approach
Replacing EU Structural Funds in Scotland
Scottish Fiscal Framework: Independent Report and Review
The Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (Green Freeports Relief) (Scotland) Order 2023 (SSI 2023/Draft)
Correspondence
Correspondence
Finance and Public Administration Committee
Finance: Interministerial Standing Committee meeting of 27 February 2025
14 March 2025
Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government to the Convener of 14 March 2025
Finance and Public Administration Committee
2025-26 Scottish Budget - follow-up information from meeting on 18 February 2025
12 March 2025
Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government to the Convener of 12 March 2025
Finance and Public Administration Committee
Standards for Financial Memoranda - Letter of 6 March 2025
6 March 2025
Letter from the Minister for Parliamentary Business to the Convener of 6 March 2025
Official Reports of meetings
Official Reports of meetings
Meeting date: Tuesday, March 18, 2025
Finance and Public Administration Committee
Public Administration in the Scottish Government
Meeting date: Tuesday, March 11, 2025
Finance and Public Administration Committee
Right to Addiction Recovery (Scotland) Bill: Financial Memorandum, Subordinate Legislation
Meeting date: Tuesday, March 4, 2025
Finance and Public Administration Committee
Subordinate Legislation
Meeting date: Tuesday, February 18, 2025
Finance and Public Administration Committee
Budget Scrutiny 2025-26, Budget (Scotland) (No 4) Bill: Stage 2
Meeting date: Tuesday, January 14, 2025
Finance and Public Administration Committee
Budget Scrutiny 2025-26
Meeting date: Tuesday, January 7, 2025
Finance and Public Administration Committee
Subordinate Legislation, Budget Scrutiny 2025-26
Meeting date: Tuesday, December 17, 2024
Finance and Public Administration Committee
Budget Scrutiny 2025-26, Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill: Financial Memorandum
Meeting date: Tuesday, December 10, 2024
Finance and Public Administration Committee
Budget Scrutiny 2025-26 and Economic and Fiscal Forecasts
Meeting date: Tuesday, December 3, 2024
Finance and Public Administration Committee
Budget Scrutiny 2025-26 (United Kingdom Context)
Meeting date: Tuesday, November 26, 2024
Finance and Public Administration Committee
Budget Scrutiny 2025-26 (United Kingdom Context)
Reports
Committee reports
A report on the Finance and Public Administration Committee's consideration of the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (Part 2 Further Extension) Order 2025 [draft]
Subordinate Legislation: The Scottish Landfill Tax (Standard Rate and Lower Rate) Order 2025 [draft]
A report on the Finance and Public Administration Committee's consideration of the Scottish Landfill Tax (Standard Rate and Lower Rate) Order 2025 [draft]
Facal-luirg
Kenneth Gibson
Convener
Scottish National Party
Michael Marra
Deputy Convener
Scottish Labour
Ross Greer
Member
Scottish Green Party
Craig Hoy
Member
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
John Mason
Member
Independent
Liz Smith
Member
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Michelle Thomson
Member
Scottish National Party
Full details of committee membership, including substitute and previous members