Minister for Public Finance (Scotland)

Minister for Public Finance
Scottish Gaelic: Ministear an Ionmhais Phoblaich
Incumbent Ivan McKee since 9 May 2024
Style	Minister (within parliament) Public Finance Minister (informal) Scottish Public Finance Minister (outwith Scotland)
Member of	Scottish Parliament Scottish Government
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.gov.scot

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]

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

The 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

The incumbent is Ivan McKee, who was approved by the Scottish Parliament on 9 May 2024.

Name		Portrait	Entered Office	Left Office	Party	First Minister
	Kate Forbes		27 June 2018 [4]	17 February 2020	Scottish National Party	Nicola Sturgeon
	Ben Macpherson		17 February 2020	19 May 2021	Scottish National Party	Nicola Sturgeon
	Tom Arthur		19 May 2021	29 March 2023	Scottish National Party	Nicola Sturgeon
	Tom Arthur		29 March 2023	8 May 2024	Scottish National Party	Humza Yousaf
	Ivan McKee		9 May 2024	Incumbent	Scottish National Party	John Swinney

See also

• Scottish Parliament

References

1. "MSP salaries". parliament.scot. The Scottish Parliament. 10 May 2024.
2. 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".
3. "Minister for Public Finance". Scottish Government. 9 May 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
4. "Who's who in Nicola Sturgeon's reshuffled government". BBC News . 28 June 2018. Retrieved 11 October 2020.

External links

• Minister for Public Finance and Migration on Scottish Government website