Question reference: S4W-27622
- Asked by: Michael McMahon, MSP for Uddingston and Bellshill, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 22 September 2015
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Current status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 6 October 2015
Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has had discussions in the last year regarding the competence of fire risk assessors and, if so, (a) with whom, (b) when and (c) what the outcome was.
Answer
On 29 October 2014, during a parliamentary debate, Roseanna Cunningham, then Minister for Community Safety and Legal Affairs, advised that she would write to the Regulatory Review Group (RRG) who were undertaking a review of Part III of the Fire Safety (Scotland) Act to request that the group extend the remit of the review to include the competency of persons who offer their services as fire risk assessors.
RRG agreed to the request, and we understand that its report is expected to be published before the end of 2015. We will consider carefully all recommendations for Scottish Government arising from the review, including any on the competence of fire risk assessors.