The Minister for Public Finance, Planning and Community Wealth is a
Junior minister
A minister is a politician who heads a ministry, making and implementing decisions on policies in conjunction with the other ministers. In some jurisdictions the head of government is also a minister and is designated the ‘prime minister’, â ...
ial post in the
Scottish Government. As a result, the Minister does not attend the
Scottish Cabinet.
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".'' The post was created in June 2018: the Minister supports the Cabinet Secretary for Finance
The Cabinet Secretary for Finance and the Economy, commonly referred to as the Finance Secretary, is a member of the Cabinet in the Scottish Government. The Cabinet Secretary has Ministerial responsibility for the Scottish Government's Finance D ...
, who is a full member of cabinet.
Overview
The Minister for Public Finance, Planning and Community Wealth has specific responsibility for:
*Managing the public finances
*Scottish budget, budgetary monitoring and reporting
*Fiscal policy and taxation
*Digital economy & digital public services
*Public sector pensions
List of office holders
The current Minister for Public Finance and Migration is Tom Arthur.
See also
*Scottish Parliament
The Scottish Parliament ( gd, PÃ rlamaid na h-Alba ; sco, Scots Pairlament) is the devolved, unicameral legislature of Scotland. Located in the Holyrood area of the capital city, Edinburgh, it is frequently referred to by the metonym Holyro ...
References
External links
Minister for Public Finance and Migration
on Scottish Government website
Public Finance and Digital Economy
Economy of Scotland
Finance ministers of Scotland
Economy ministers
Public finance of Scotland
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