Current status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 12 December 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether local authorities have improved the quality of the building standards verification service since 2011.
Independent research undertaken for Scottish Government by Pye Tait Consulting and published in March 2016 concluded that:
“In summary, whilst there has been substantial progress and investment in delivering a high quality and customer-focused building standards service since the last re-appointment of local authorities in 2011, there is still work to do to create the conditions for strong performance across all 32 Councils”.