The Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body (SPCB) is a body of the Scottish Parliament responsible for the administration of the parliament.[1] [2] It also has a role in provision of services to commissioners and other statutory appointments made by the parliament.
The SPCB is established by section 21 of, and schedule 2 to, the Scotland Act 1998, but it was left to the Scottish Parliament to decide how the SPCB operates.[3] The SPCB considers and makes decisions on a wide range of issues to do with the running of the parliament including the property, staff and resources that the parliament requires in order to operate.[4] The corporate body administers the resources of the parliament as well as the budget of the parliament. It also considers the use of parliamentary facilities and is responsible for the staffing and security of the parliament.
The SPCB is convened by the Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament and at least four other MSPs.[5]
Each member of the body takes on a specific portfolio.[6]
| Convenor | Alison Johnstone | 2021–present | Independent | |||
| Business support and Officeholders | Maggie Chapman | 2021–present | Scottish Green | |||
| Finance and organisation governance | Jackson Carlaw | 2021–present | Scottish Conservatives | |||
| Digital services, resilience and sustainability | Claire Baker | 2021–present | Labour | |||
| Engagement and communications | Christine Grahame | 2021–present | SNP |
| Member | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Convener | |
| Resigned December 2001 | ||
| Replaced McNulty | ||
| 2 | Convener | |
| Robert Brown | Resigned June 2005 | |
| Replaced Brown | ||
| Andrew Welsh | Resigned January 2006 | |
| Replaced Welsh | ||
| 3 | Convener | |
| 4 | Tricia Marwick | Convener |
| Resigned 2014 | ||
| Replaced Scanlon | ||
| Resigned January 2015 | ||
| Replaced Stewart | ||
| 5 | Ken Macintosh | Convenor |
| Alex Johnstone | ||
| Gordon MacDonald | ||
| Liam McArthur | ||
| David Stewart | ||
| Andy Wightman | ||
| Jackson Carlaw | ||
| Sandra White | ||
| Kezia Dugdale | ||
| Rhoda Grant | ||
| Ruth Davidson | ||
| David Stewart | ||
The Scottish Parliament is responsible for the appointment of several statutory positions for commissioners and senior public appointments. The parliament nominates individuals to the monarch, who formally appoints them to a post.
This includes the following posts:[8]
The SPCB provides the budget for each of the above with the exception of the Auditor General for Scotland, which is considered directly by parliament. [9]
The SPCB is responsible for nominating the following posts to parliament: