Minister for Community Wealth and Public Finance
The Minister for Public Finance is a Junior ministerial post in the Scottish Government. As a result, the Minister does not attend the Scottish Cabinet.[2]
| Minister for Public Finance | |
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| Scottish Gaelic: Ministear an Ionmhais Phoblaich | |
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| Style | Minister (within parliament) Public Finance Minister (informal) Scottish Public Finance Minister (outwith Scotland) |
| Member of | |
| Reports to | Scottish Parliament |
| Seat | Edinburgh |
| Appointer | First Minister |
| Inaugural holder | Kate Forbes Minister for Public Finance and Digital Economy |
| Formation | 27 June 2018 |
| Salary | £106,185 per annum (2024)[1] (including £72,196 MSP salary) |
| Website | www |
The post was created in June 2018 as the Minister for Public Finance and Digital Economy, with Kate Forbes its first holder. The incumbent Minister, Ivan McKee supports the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government, who is a full member of cabinet.[3]
Overview
editThe Minister for Public Finance has responsibility for:[3]
Specific responsibilities are:
- planning
- non-domestic rates (NDR) and NDR business engagement
- public sector pensions / Scottish Public Pensions Agency
- Registers of Scotland
- statutory debt management and debt relief, diligence and Accountant in Bankruptcy
- consumer advocacy and advice
- Consumer Scotland
Public finance
- budget revisions
- outturn
Public service reform
- public sector productivity and efficient government
- public bodies policy
- civil service transformation,
- government procurement and shared services
- estates and property
Community empowerment
- Local Governance Review
- 20 minute neighbourhoods (cross-government delivery)
List of office holders
editThe incumbent is Ivan McKee, who was approved by the Scottish Parliament on 9 May 2024.
Minister for Public Finance and Digital Economyedit | |||||||
| Name | Portrait | Entered Office | Left Office | Party | First Minister | ||
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| Kate Forbes | 
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27 June 2018[4] | 17 February 2020 | Scottish National Party | Nicola Sturgeon | ||
Minister for Public Finance and Migrationedit | |||||||
| Ben Macpherson | 
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17 February 2020 | 19 May 2021 | Scottish National Party | Nicola Sturgeon | ||
Minister for Public Finance, Planning and Community Wealthedit | |||||||
| Tom Arthur | .jpg)
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19 May 2021 | 29 March 2023 | Scottish National Party | Nicola Sturgeon | ||
Minister for Community Wealth and Public Financeedit | |||||||
| Tom Arthur |
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29 March 2023 | 8 May 2024 | Scottish National Party | Humza Yousaf | ||
Minister for Public Financeedit | |||||||
| Ivan McKee |
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9 May 2024 | Incumbent | Scottish National Party | John Swinney | ||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "MSP salaries". parliament.scot. The Scottish Parliament. 10 May 2024.
- ^ Scotland Act (1998), Only those appointed under Section 47 of the Scotland Act "attend" Cabinet. Junior ministers are appointed under Section 49 and may be "present".
- ^ a b "Minister for Public Finance". Scottish Government. 9 May 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ "Who's who in Nicola Sturgeon's reshuffled government". BBC News. 28 June 2018. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
External links
edit- Minister for Public Finance and Migration on Scottish Government website
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