ARCHIVED Minister for Community Wealth and Public Finance

Responsibilities

Supports the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Finance.

Specific responsibilities are:

  • community wealth and community empowerment
  • public bodies policy
  • public sector pensions
  • Scottish Public Pensions Agency
  • community wealth building
  • cross government delivery of 20 minute neighbourhoods
  • local governance review and democratic renewal
  • budget revisions
  • outturn
  • consumer protection – Consumer Scotland policy and advice
  • social entrepreneurship and employee-owned businesses
  • Registers of Scotland
  • statutory debt management and debt relief, diligence and Accountant in Bankruptcy
  • procurement shared services
  • government procurement
  • property

Devolved taxes and Revenue Scotland

  • non domestic rates
  • council tax
  • Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (LBTT), including Additional Dwelling Supplement (ADS)
  • Scottish Landfill Tax
  • Aggregates Levy
  • Air Departure Tax
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