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
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The Public Audit Committee usually meets weekly on Wednesdays.
17 June 2025
Correspondence to the Convener from Alison Byrne, Registrar General for Scotland, National Records of Scotland, 17 June 2024
Scottish National Investment Bank: Follow up by the Auditor General for Scotland, June 2025
16 June 2025
Correspondence to the Convener from Stephen Boyle, the Auditor General for Scotland, 16 June 2025
Sustainable transport: Reducing car use - Update from Scottish Government. June 2025
12 June 2025
Correspondence to the Convener from Fiona Hyslop MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Transport, Scottish Government, 12 June 2025
Meeting date: Wednesday, June 4, 2025
Decision on Taking Business in Private, Section 22 Report: “The 2022/23 audit of Forth Valley College”
Meeting date: Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Decision on Taking Business in Private, “Scottish National Investment Bank”
Meeting date: Wednesday, May 14, 2025
Interests, Decision on Taking Business in Private, “General practice: Progress since the 2018 General Medical Services contract”
Meeting date: Wednesday, May 7, 2025
Decision on Taking Business in Private, Additional Support for Learning
Meeting date: Wednesday, April 30, 2025
Decision on Taking Business in Private, Auditor General for Scotland (Work Programme)
Meeting date: Wednesday, April 23, 2025
Decision on Taking Business in Private, “Sustainable transport: Reducing car use”
Meeting date: Wednesday, March 26, 2025
Decision on Taking Business in Private, “Administration of Scottish income tax 2023-24”
Meeting date: Wednesday, March 19, 2025
Decision on Taking Business in Private, Additional Support for Learning
Meeting date: Wednesday, March 5, 2025
Decisions on Taking Business in Private, “Fiscal sustainability and public reform in Scotland”
The Annual Report for the Public Audit Committee covering the period 13 May 2024 to 12 May 2025.
The 2022/23 and 2023/24 audits of the Water Industry Commission for Scotland
This report sets out the Public Audit Committee's scrutiny of the Auditor General for Scotland's section 22 reports on the 2022/23 and 2023/24 audits of the Water Industry Commission for Scotland.
The 2022/23 audit of the Scottish Prison Service
This report sets out the Public Audit Committee's scrutiny of the Auditor General for Scotland's section 22 report on the 2022/23 audit of the Scottish Prison Service.
Full details of committee membership, including substitute and previous members