Public Audit Committee
The Public Audit Committee was established in June 2021. It mainly focuses on reports published by the Auditor General for Scotland to ensure that public money is spent efficiently and effectively by
- the Scottish Government, and
- other public bodies (including colleges, police and fire services and the NHS).
Next meeting
20th Meeting, 2022
Agenda: Decision on taking business in private, New Vessels for the Clyde and Hebrides: Arrangements to deliver vessels 801 and 802, Major Capital Projects, Major Capital Projects, New Vessels for the Clyde and Hebrides: Arrangements to deliver vessels 801 and 802
09:00am, 30 June 2022
T1.60-CR4 The Clerk Maxwell Room
If you want to get in touch, you can contact Lynn Russell, the Clerk for the committee at publicaudit.committee@parliament.scot.
Tagh raon-ama:
Phone: 0131 348 5186 .
Post-d: @SP_PublicAudit
If you're appearing as a witness at a committee, take a look at our witness guide for more information.
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Tagh raon-ama Public Audit Committee
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Richard Leonard
Convener
Party: Scottish Labour
MSP for: Central Scotland (Region)
Sharon Dowey
Deputy Convener
Party: Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
MSP for: South Scotland (Region)
Colin Beattie
Member
Party: Scottish National Party
MSP for: Midlothian North and Musselburgh (Constituency)
Willie Coffey
Member
Party: Scottish National Party
MSP for: Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley (Constituency)
Craig Hoy
Member
Party: Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
MSP for: South Scotland (Region)
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Alexander Burnett
Substitute Member
Party: Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
MSP for: Aberdeenshire West (Constituency)
Katy Clark
Substitute Member
Party: Scottish Labour
MSP for: West Scotland (Region)
Bill Kidd
Substitute Member
Party: Scottish National Party
MSP for: Glasgow Anniesland (Constituency)
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Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
Community empowerment: Covid-19 update
Community Justice: Sustainable alternatives to custody
Covid-19: Vaccination Programme
Drug and Alcohol Services: An update
Improving outcomes for children and young people through school education
Social Care Briefing
The 2020/21 audit of Bòrd na Gàidhlig
The 2020/21 audit of NHS Highland
The 2020/21 audit of NHS National Services Scotland: Response to the Covid-19 pandemic
The 2020/21 audit of Scottish Canals
The 2020/21 audit of the Scottish Environment Protection Agency
Correspondence
Committee correspondence
New Vessels for the Clyde and Hebrides: CMAL submission
Submission to the Convener from Kevin Hobbs, Chief Executive Officer, Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited, 29 June 2022
New Vessels for the Clyde and Hebrides: Submission Euan Haig
Submission to the Convener from Euan Haig, 29 June 2022
New Vessels for the Clyde and Hebrides: Auditor General for Scotland update FMEL records
Letter to the Convener from Stephen Boyle, the Auditor General for Scotland, 28 June 2022
Official Reports
Official Reports
Meeting date: Thursday, June 23, 2022
Decision on Taking Business in Private, Section 23 Report: “Scotland’s financial response to Covid-19”, “Scotland’s economy: supporting businesses through the Covid-19 pandemic”, Section 23 Report: “Social security: Progress on implementing the devolved benefits”
Meeting date: Thursday, June 16, 2022
Decision on Taking Business in Private, Section 23 Report: “New vessels for the Clyde and Hebrides: Arrangements to deliver vessels 801 and 802”
Meeting date: Thursday, June 9, 2022
Decision on Taking Business in Private, Section 23 Report: “New vessels for the Clyde and Hebrides: Arrangements to deliver vessels 801 and 802”
Reports
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This report sets out the Public Audit Committee's annual report for the parliamentary year from 13 May 2021 to 12 May 2022.
The 2020/21 audit of the Crofting Commission
The Public Audit Committee reports on its scrutiny of the Auditor General for Scotland's section 22 report on the 2020/21 audit of the Crofting Commission.
Annual Report of the Public Audit and Post-legislative Scrutiny Committee
Remit
There shall be a committee, the remit of which is to consider and report on the following (and any additional matter added under Rule 6.1.5A):
- any accounts laid before the Parliament;
- any report laid before or made to the Parliament by the Auditor General for Scotland; and
- any other document laid before the Parliament, or referred to it by the Parliamentary Bureau or by the Auditor General for Scotland, concerning financial control, accounting and auditing in relation to public expenditure.