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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

Meeting details are not yet available. They will be published here in due course.

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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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)

Roz McCall

Substitute Member

Party: Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

MSP for: Mid Scotland and Fife (Region)

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Official Reports

Official Reports

Meeting date: Thursday, March 2, 2023

Public Audit Committee

Decisions on Taking Business in Private, Section 22 Report: “The 2021/22 audit of the Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland”

Meeting date: Thursday, February 23, 2023

Public Audit Committee

Decision on Taking Business in Private, Section 22 Report: “The 2021/22 audit of the Scottish Government Consolidated Accounts” and “Scotland’s public finances: Challenges and risks”

Meeting date: Thursday, February 9, 2023

Public Audit Committee

Decision on Taking Business in Private, “Administration of Scottish income tax 2021/22”

Meeting date: Thursday, February 2, 2023

Public Audit Committee

Decision on Taking Business in Private, Section 22 Report: “The 2021/22 audit of the Crofting Commission”

Meeting date: Thursday, January 19, 2023

Public Audit Committee

Decision on Taking Business in Private, Section 22 Report: “The 2021/22 audit of the Scottish Government Consolidated Accounts”

Meeting date: Thursday, December 15, 2022

Public Audit Committee

Decisions on Taking Business in Private, Section 22 Report: “The 2021/22 audit of National Records of Scotland”

Meeting date: Thursday, December 8, 2022

Public Audit Committee

Decision on Taking Business in Private, Major Information and Communications Technology Projects

Meeting date: Thursday, December 1, 2022

Public Audit Committee

Decision on Taking Business in Private, “Scotland’s public finances: Challenges and risks”

Meeting date: Thursday, November 10, 2022

Public Audit Committee

Decisions on Taking Business in Private, “Tackling child poverty”

Meeting date: Friday, November 4, 2022

Public Audit Committee

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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23 March 2023

New vessels for the Clyde and Hebrides: Arrangements to deliver vessels 801 and 802

This report sets out the Public Audit Committee's scrutiny of the Auditor General for Scotland's report, New vessels for the Clyde and Hebrides: Arrangements to deliver vessels 801 and 802.

31 May 2022

Annual Report 2021-22

This report sets out the Public Audit Committee's annual report for the parliamentary year from 13 May 2021 to 12 May 2022.

21 February 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.