Public Audit and Post-legislative Scrutiny Committee

1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take items 3 and 4 in private.

2. Section 22 report - The 2018/19 audit of the Scottish Prison Service: The Committee will take evidence from-
Colin McConnell, Chief Executive, Kate Hudson, Interim Director of Strategy and Stakeholder Engagement, and Melanie Allan, Head of Finance, Scottish Prison Service;
Paul Johnston, Director-General, Education, Communities and Justice, Neil Rennick, Director of Justice, and Donna Mackinnon, Deputy Director and Head of Community Justice Division, Scottish Government.

3. Section 22 report - The 2018/19 audit of the Scottish Prison Service: The Committee will consider the evidence heard at agenda item 2 and take further evidence from—
Caroline Gardner, Auditor General for Scotland;
Mark Roberts, Audit Director, Performance Audit and Best Value, Audit Scotland.

4. Work programme: The Committee will consider its future post-legislative scrutiny. The Committee will also consider its future scrutiny of the Auditor General for Scotland's reports on the 2018/19 audit of the Scottish Government Consolidated Accounts and the 2016/17 and 2017/18 audits of NHS Tayside.


Proposed future business

For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, Lucy Scharbert at papls.committee@parliament.scot