Role of the group

The Equality and Budget Advisory Group (EBAG) is a non-statutory advisory group, convened by the Scottish Government. The group's remit is to help shape our equality approach to the budget.

Specifically, we are working with EBAG to:

• provide advice on considering the equality implications of budgetary decisions across all policy areas
• contribute to mapping the pathway between evidence, policy and spend
• improve the presentation of equality information in the Scottish budget documents
• contribute to improved commitment to, and awareness of, mainstreaming equality into policy and budget processes

Previous minutes of this group are available on the www.gov.scot website.

Members

Scottish Government officials:

• Yvonne Strachan (Chair), Equality Unit
• Liz Hawkins, Equality and Tackling Poverty Analysis
• John Nicholson, Finance Policy
• Ellie Crawford, Economic Adviser
• Karen Grieve, Equality Unit

External Members:

• Chris Oswald, Head of Policy and Communications (Scotland), Equality and Human Rights Commission
• James Fowlie, COSLA Director (Integration and Development)
• Angela O'Hagan, Research Fellow, Glasgow Caledonian University/Scottish Women's Budget Group
• Jim McCormick, Associate Director Scotland, Joseph Rowntree Foundation
• Lorraine Cook, COSLA Policy Manager (Migration, Population and Diversity)