Equality and Human Rights Budget Advisory Group

Overview

The Equality and Human Rights Budget Advisory Group (EHRBAG) is a non-statutory advisory group, convened by the Scottish Government. In September 2022, the name of the group was changed to include 'Human Rights' in recognition of the human rights aspects the group covers. 

The remit of the group is to help shape our equality and human rights approach to the budget. The Equality and Human Rights Budget Advisory Group does this by:

• supporting a process of equality analysis to ensure the equality and human rights implications of the policy process informing budgetary decisions, and that corresponding information presented in the Scottish budget documents is clear
• contributing to mapping the pathway between evidence, policy and outcomes with the allocation and spend of public finance
• identifying linkages between the Draft Budget, the National Performance Framework, the Economic Strategy and policy making in general, supporting scrutiny of outcomes in relation to these measurements
• contributing to improved awareness of and commitment to mainstreaming equality and human rights analysis into policy and budget processes

Read the group’s workplan (as of February 2023). This is a live document, content will be subject to continual improvements and updates are to be expected.

The Equality and Human Rights Budget Advisory Group collaborated in producing informal guidance for policy makers on equality and human rights budgeting, published in August 2019.

Previous minutes of this group are available in the website archive.

Recommendations

Equality Budget Advisory Group: recommendations for equality and human rights budgeting - 2021-2026 parliamentary session

Members

Scottish Government officials:

• Rob Priestley, Mainstreaming and Strategy Unit
• David Holmes, Equality, Policy and Capability Division
• Tom Lamplugh, Social Policy
• Lisa McDonald, Economic Policy and Capability
• Simon Wakefield, Public Spending Analysis
• Ben Walsh, Scottish Budget
• Tom Russon, Scottish Budget
• Joanne Briggs, Office of the Chief Economic Advisor
• Elisabeth Campbell, Performance and Outcomes

External members:

• Angela O'Hagan, Glasgow Caledonian University (Chair)
• Chris Birt, Joseph Rowntree Foundation
• Emma Congreve, Fraser of Allander Institute
• Sara Cowan, Scottish Women’s Budget Group
• Alison Hosie, Scottish Human Rights Commission
• Mirren Kelly, COSLA
• Kenny Stewart, Equality and Human Rights Commission

Documents

• Equality and Human Rights Budget Advisory Group minutes: February 2023
• Equality and Human Rights Budget Advisory Group minutes: January 2023
• Equality and Human Rights Budget Advisory Group minutes: December 2022
• Equality and Human Rights Budget Advisory Group minutes: November 2022
• Equality and Human Rights Budget Advisory Group minutes: October 2022
• Equality and Human Rights Budget Advisory Group minutes: September 2022
• Equality Budget Advisory Group minutes: August 2022
• Equality Budget Advisory Group minutes: June 2022
• Equality Budget Advisory Group minutes: May 2022
• Equality Budget Advisory Group minutes: February 2022
• Equality Budget Advisory Group minutes: October 2021
• Equality Budget Advisory Group minutes: June 2021
• Equality Budget Advisory Group minutes: April 2021
• Equality Budget Advisory Group minutes: February 2021
• Equality Budget Advisory Group minutes: December 2020
• Equality Budget Advisory Group minutes: October 2020
• Equality Budget Advisory Group minutes: September 2020
• Equality Budget Advisory Group minutes: June 2020
• Equality Budget Advisory Group minutes: April 2020
• Equality Budget Advisory Group minutes: December 2019
• Equality Budget Advisory Group minutes: November 2019
• Equality Budget Advisory Group minutes: October 2019
• Equality Budget Advisory Group minutes: September 2019
• Equality Budget Advisory Group minutes: May 2019
• Equality Budget Advisory Group minutes: March 2019
• Equality Budget Advisory Group minutes: February 2019
• Equality Budget Advisory Group minutes: January 2019
• Equality Budget Advisory Group minutes: October 2018
• Equality Budget Advisory Group minutes: March 2018
• Equality and Budget Advisory Group minutes: February 2018
• Equality and Budget Advisory Group minutes: August 2017
• Equality and Budget Advisory Group minutes: May 2017
• Equality and Budget Advisory Group minutes: October 2016
• Equality and Budget Advisory Group minutes: September 2016