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Administración Presupuestaria

Secretaría de Estado de Presupuestos y Gastos

Secretaria de Estado María José Gualda Romero

Curriculum Vitae (Link to the Transparency Website)

Addresses

Alberto Alcocer, 2 28036 Madrid

Teléfono: 91 583 50 59

Functions

The State Secretariat for Budgets and Expenditure, under the superior direction of the head of the Ministry of Finance, directs and coordinates the actions related to the planning, programming and budgeting of the state public sector and its personnel costs.

The Secretary of State for Budget and Expenditure bears the responsibility for the formulation of the proposal for the State's budgetary stability targets and non-financial expenditure limit. The system will oversee adherence to the budget stability, public debt and expenditure rule targets for the public sector as a whole and recommend the implementation of corrective measures in the event of any deviations.

The Secretary of State for Budgets and Expenditure, through the Directorate General for Personnel Costs, is responsible for drawing up the regulatory proposals to be included in the Preliminary Draft of the General State Budget Law in the area of personnel costs within the framework of strategic planning of Human Resources. It is also responsible for providing mandatory information on decisions affecting the overall expenditure envelope of policies relating to human resources and remuneration systems in the public sector, within the framework of the General Human Resources Plan.

The executive centres of the Secretary of State for Budgets and Expenditure, as well as its dependent or related entities or bodies, responsible for the economic-financial information that must be provided to the Ministry of Finance in compliance with the provisions of Organic Law 2/2012, of 27 April, its implementing regulations, European Union regulations and other applicable economic-financial regulations, are responsible for sending this information for the purposes of its publication to the Central Economic-financial Information Office of Public Administrations under the terms set out in the regulations.

The following management bodies report to the Secretariat of State for Budget and Expenditure:

  • The Directorate-General for Budget.
  • The Directorate-General for Personnel Costs.

The General Comptroller of the State Administration is attached to the State Secretariat for Budget and Expenditure, with the rank of Under-Secretary.

The Cabinet is directly accountable to the Secretary of State for Budgets and Expenditure, at the Deputy Directorate General level. Its structure is established in Article 23.3. In accordance with Royal Decree 1009/2023 of 5 December, the Cabinet is functionally dependent on the Director of the Cabinet of the Head of the Ministry for all matters pertaining to the general coordination of the department.

In accordance with the provisions of the Organic Law of the Secretariat of State for Budget and Expenditure, the State Attorney's Office shall be established as an integral part of the Department.

In order to ensure budgetary stability and compliance with fiscal rules, the following functions fall under the responsibility of the State Secretariat for Budget and Expenditure, without prejudice to the competence of other bodies:

  • The implementation of the principle of budgetary stability and of the European and national fiscal governance frameworks.
  • The compilation of government balance forecasts in national accounting terms.
  • Analysis of the economic and budgetary impact of state public sector action.
  • Analysis and forecasting of the impact of the economic situation on public revenue and expenditure.
  • Liaising with national and international bodies, entities and forums on public balance forecasts.

The head of the State Secretariat for Budget and Expenditure is responsible for coordinating the Spending Policy Committee, and shall chair it when the head of the Ministry of Finance does not do so.

The head of the State Secretariat for Budget and Expenditure chairs the Programme Analysis Committees.

The head of the State Secretariat for Budgets and Expenditure shall be a member of the Financial Coordination Committee for Real Estate and Property Actions.

The head of the State Secretariat for Budget and Expenditure shall be the head of the Special Delegation of the Ministry of Finance in RENFE-Operadora. The administrative units forming part of this Delegation shall report organically and functionally to the Delegation.

The person in charge of the State Secretariat for Budgets and Expenditure shall chair the Commission for Monitoring Collective Bargaining of Public Enterprises.

The head of the State Secretariat for Budgets and Expenditure shall chair the Public Investment Committee, as referred to in Law 22/2001, of 27 December, regulating the Interterritorial Compensation Funds, the composition of which shall be regulated by Ministerial Order.