Property Factors register: FOI release

Information requested

You asked for the following information from the period when the Property Factors (Scotland) Act 2011 was introduced until the present date:

1. The total number of Property Factor Enforcement Orders (PFEOs) issued by the First-tier Tribunal.
2. The total number of times the Scottish Ministers have been informed that a property factor has failed to comply with a PFEO.
3. How many of those failures to comply have been notified to Police Scotland for follow-up action.
4. Of those failures to Comply with a PFEO, how many have subsequently been complied with as a direct result of follow-up action taken by Scottish Ministers.
5. How many property factors have been struck off the property factor register as a direct result of having failed to comply with a PFEO.
6. How many Property Factors have been struck off the property factor register as a direct result of having failed to comply with the Code of Conduct for property factors.
7. How many property factors have been struck off the Property Factors Register as a direct result of the property factor no longer being considered a fit and proper person to be a property factor.

Response

In response to questions 1, 2, 3 and 4, while our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance the Scottish Government does not have the information you have requested. However, you may wish to contact the Housing and Property Chamber, First-tier Tribunal for Scotland, Glasgow Tribunals Centre, 20 York Street, Glasgow, G2 8GT

Email: HPCAdmin@scotcourtstribunals.gov.uk

who may be able to help you. The reasons why we don’t have the information are explained in the Annex to this letter.

The answer to question 5 is 3.
The answer to question 6 is 3.
The answer to question 7 is 12.

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FOI 202200325016 - Information Released - Annex

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