Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department has taken in response to the Cutland Report on the Central Administration of Competent Person Schemes since the Government's response to that report was published in October 2014.

The Cutland report made a number of recommendations on the operation of Building Regulations competent person schemes. As a result this Department revised the Conditions of Authorisation under which the schemes operate to make them more robust as to the competence of members and to provide enhanced consumer protection. In addition all schemes are now required to be accredited to a quality management standard ISO/IEC17065 and compliance with that standard is independently monitored by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service.