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.
Dates for future meetings
1st Meeting, 2021
Tuesday, June 22, 2021 09:15am
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Previous meetings of the committee
Work of the Committee
Facal-luirg
Angus Test 2
Charities (Regulation and Administration) (Scotland) Bill
Charities Regulation and Administration Bill
Example (Scotland) Bill
Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles Bill
GRR Bill
Hunting with Dogs Scotland Bill
Inquiry into Public Administration - Effective Scottish Government decision-making
Inquiry into the Scottish Government’s Public Service Reform programme
Intergovernmental Relations - Finance and Written Agreements
Interparliamentary Finance Committee Forum
National Performance Framework: Ambitions into Action
Replacing EU Structural Funds in Scotland
Scottish Fiscal Framework: Independent Report and Review
Scrutiny of Financial Memorandums
Test 0105
Visitor Levy Bill
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Facal-luirg
Budget Scrutiny 2022-23
Budget Scrutiny 2023-2024
Children and Young People (Scotland) Bill: Post-legislative scrutiny of the 2013 Financial Memorandum
Framework for the Resource Spending Review
Medium Term Financial Strategy Review
Scotland's public finances in 2022-23 and the impact of COVID-19
Scotland's public finances in 2023-24: the impact of the cost of living and public service reform
Correspondence
Correspondence
Finance and Public Administration Committee
National Care Service (Scotland) Bill Financial Memorandum - Letter of 9 May 2023
9 May 2023
Letter from the Minister for Social Care, Mental Wellbeing and Sport to the Convener of 9 May 2023
Finance and Public Administration Committee
Scottish Fiscal Commission's first Fiscal Sustainability Report
3 May 2023
Letter from the Convener to the Chair of the Scottish Fiscal Commission of 3 May 2023
Finance and Public Administration Committee
Auditor General for Scotland work programme
27 April 2023
Letter from the Convener to the Convener of the Public Audit Committee of 27 April 2023
Official Reports of meetings
Official Reports of meetings
Finance and Public Administration Committee
Meeting date: Tuesday, November 18, 2025
Decision on Taking Business in Private
Finance and Public Administration Committee
Meeting date: Tuesday, June 24, 2025
Public Administration in the Scottish Government
Finance and Public Administration Committee
Meeting date: Tuesday, June 17, 2025
Scottish Public Inquiries (Cost-effectiveness)
Finance and Public Administration Committee
Meeting date: Tuesday, June 10, 2025
Scottish Fiscal Commission (Economic and Fiscal Forecasts), Scottish Public Inquiries (Cost Effectiveness)
Finance and Public Administration Committee
Meeting date: Tuesday, June 3, 2025
Scottish Public Inquiries (Cost-effectiveness)
Finance and Public Administration Committee
Meeting date: Tuesday, May 27, 2025
Care Reform (Scotland) Bill: Financial Summary, Scottish Public Inquiries (Cost-effectiveness)
Finance and Public Administration Committee
Meeting date: Tuesday, May 20, 2025
Scottish Budget Process in Practice, Scottish Public Inquiries (Cost-effectiveness)
Finance and Public Administration Committee
Meeting date: Tuesday, May 6, 2025
Scottish Budget Process in Practice
Finance and Public Administration Committee
Meeting date: Tuesday, April 29, 2025
Scottish Budget Process in Practice, Scottish Fiscal Commission (Fiscal Sustainability Report), Subordinate Legislation
Finance and Public Administration Committee
Meeting date: Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Scottish Budget Process in Practice
Reports
Committee reports
Report on the Legislative Consent Memorandum for the Finance (No.2) Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
Published: 29 January 2026
A report on the Finance and Public Administration Committee's consideration of the legislative consent memorandum for the UK Finance (No.2) Bill.
Published: 19 January 2026
A report on the Finance and Public Administration Committee's consideration of the Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (Investment Zones Relieg) (Scotland) Order 2026 [draft]
Report on the Cost-effectiveness of Scottish Public Inquiries
Published: 21 December 2025
A report on the Finance and Public Administration Committee's inquiry into the cost-effectiveness of Scottish public inquiries.
Committee Remit
To consider and report on the following (and any additional matter added under Rule 6.1.5A)—
- 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.
- matters relating to the National Performance Framework within the responsibilities of the Deputy First Minister, public service reform within the responsibility of the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government, and public administration.
Facal-luirg
Kenneth Gibson
Convener
Scottish National Party
Michael Marra
Deputy Convener
Scottish Labour
Patrick Harvie
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