MSP Alex Burnett (Con. West Aberdeenshire), a strong supporter of the rights of Park Hom Residents undertook to raise a number of parliamentary questions to the Scottish Government Minister, Patrick Harvie regarding current issues affecting us.
Alex has received replies which are not so satisfactory and is planning a further set of questions for clarification.
We reproduce the questions and answers below.
SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT
WRITTEN ANSWER
16 August 2022
Index Heading: Communities
Alexander Burnett (Aberdeenshire West) (Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party): To ask the Scottish Government whether a Fit and Proper Person Test for park owners and managers will be introduced, and, if so, when this will take place.S6W-0999
Patrick Harvie: The Scottish Government introduced a fit and proper person test as part of the Mobile Home Site Licencing Scheme, set out in the Housing (Scotland) Act 2014 and introduced in 2017. The fit and proper person test applies to all site licence holders, site owners and anyone directly managing a site.
SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT
WRITTEN ANSWER
16 August 2022
Index Heading: Communities
Alexander Burnett (Aberdeenshire West) (Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party): To ask the Scottish Government when data will be gathered from local authorities on park home residential licences.
S6W-0999
Patrick Harvie: The Scottish Government plans to gather information on implementation of the Site Licencing Scheme from Local Authorities in due course, to inform a review of the Scheme before the end of this Parliament.
SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT
WRITTEN ANSWER
16 August 2022
Index Heading: Communities
Alexander Burnett (Aberdeenshire West) (Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party): To ask the Scottish Government what plans are in place to amend the Mobile Homes Act 1983 (Amendment of Schedule 1)
(Scotland) Order 2013 to use CPI rather than RPI as the measure of inflation
for the purposes of annual reviews of pitch fees for park homes.
S6W-0999
Patrick Harvie: The Scottish Government does not have plans in place to amend the Mobile Homes Act 1983 (Amendment of Schedule 1) (Scotland) Order 2013.
SCOPHRA is urging all readers to contact their MSPs in respect of the much-needed change to these regulations and seek their support for change.
Alex is proposing to ask further questions around.
To ask the Scottish Government what figures it holds on how many park owners and managers met the criteria for the Fit and Proper Person Test, and how many failed the test.
To ask the Scottish Government what response or comment they will be making on the UK Government report into a review of the 10% commission cap on the sale of park homes.
To ask the Scottish Government to provide a timescale for the collection of data from local authorities on park home residential licences.
