Asked by: Nigel Evans (Conservative - Ribble Valley)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the performance of the Pubs Code Adjudicator relative to performance targets.
Answered by Kelly Tolhurst
The Government launched the statutory review of the Pubs Code and Pubs Code Adjudicator (PCA) on 30 April, inviting views and evidence from stakeholders and the public. In accordance with section 65 of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015, the review will consider the PCA’s performance from 2 May 2016 to 31 March 2019, in particular how effective the Adjudicator has been in enforcing the Pubs Code. The invitation to contribute to the review ends on 22 July.
A report on the findings of the review will be published and laid before Parliament as soon as practicable.
Asked by: Nigel Evans (Conservative - Ribble Valley)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many secondees from government departments are employed by the Pub’s Code Adjudicator by government department.
Answered by Kelly Tolhurst
The Pubs Code Adjudicator (PCA) is a corporation sole who has no power to directly employ any members of staff. Currently the PCA has 12 seconded members of staff from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, the Home Office, the Ministry of Defence and the Department for Education.
Asked by: Nigel Evans (Conservative - Ribble Valley)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many people are employed on a (a) full-time and (b) part-time basis by the Pubs Code Adjudicator; and if he will publish the salary bands for those employees.
Answered by Kelly Tolhurst
The Pubs Code Adjudicator (PCA) is a corporation sole who has no power to directly employ any members of staff. Staff are seconded on the terms of their home organisation, within the salary band for their grade. Currently the PCA has 12 staff seconded, all of whom are on a full-time equivalent basis.
Asked by: Nigel Evans (Conservative - Ribble Valley)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the average cost of an arbitration decision by the Pub’s Code Adjudicator has been since July 2016.
Answered by Kelly Tolhurst
From its levy calculations, the Pubs Code Adjudicator (PCA) estimates the average cost to the PCA of an arbitration decision as £4,323.31 in 2017 and £6,849.50 in 2018.
Asked by: Nigel Evans (Conservative - Ribble Valley)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the cost of legal advice has been sought by the Office of the Pubs Code Adjudicator since July 2016.
Answered by Kelly Tolhurst
According to the Pubs Code Adjudicator, the total costs for external legal services for completed and audited financial years (2016/17 and 2017/18) is £101,844.68.
Asked by: Nigel Evans (Conservative - Ribble Valley)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the value of investment into UK pubs provided by the six companies covered by the Pubs Code.
Answered by Kelly Tolhurst
The Government has not made such an assessment.
Asked by: Nigel Evans (Conservative - Ribble Valley)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many enquiries to the Pubs Code Adjudicator have been made by (a) telephone, (b) email and (c) post in each month since July 2016; and what the average response time was of the Pub’s Code Adjudicator to those enquiries.
Answered by Kelly Tolhurst
Enquiries to the Pubs Code Adjudicator (PCA) can be made by telephone, website or through an email to the enquiries email address. The PCA expects to make contact within one working day. The PCA has calculated that on average enquiries are closed within 6 days of being made. Since July 2016 the PCA has had the following enquiries:
Month | Received via phone | Received via email | Received via website | Not categorised | Total |
July 2016 | 80 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 105 |
August 2016 | 86 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 114 |
September 2016 | 56 | 3 | 19 | 2 | 80 |
October 2016 | 36 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 49 |
November 2016 | 26 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 37 |
December 2016 | 17 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 28 |
January 2017 | 18 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 32 |
February 2017 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 21 |
March 2017 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 24 |
April 2017 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 15 |
May 2017 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 24 |
June 2017 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 24 |
July 2017 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
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August 2017 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 18 |
September 2017 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 |
October 2017 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 24 |
November 2017 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 31 |
December 2017 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
January 2018 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
February 2018 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 |
March 2018 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
April 2018 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 17 |
May 2018 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 14 |
June 2018 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 17 |
July 2018 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 |
August 2018 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 19 |
September 2018 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
October 2018 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
November 2018 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 12 |
December 2018 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
January 2019 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 11 |
February 2019 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
March 2019 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
April 2019 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
Total | 545 | 43 | 195 | 53 | 836 |
Asked by: Nigel Evans (Conservative - Ribble Valley)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many smart meters have malfunctioned since their installation and have needed to be replaced.
Answered by Claire Perry
The Department does not hold this information. Energy suppliers are responsible for ensuring meters – whether smart or traditional - are fully functional.
Asked by: Nigel Evans (Conservative - Ribble Valley)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many smart meters have caused electrical problems in premises after installation.
Answered by Claire Perry
Safety related monitoring data, collected by industry parties, shows nearly 3.2 million smart and traditional electricity meters were installed in 2018. The same industry data reported 546 electrical issues in premises following these installations.
Smart meter installers carry out visual safety checks as standard as part of the installation process.
In 2018, over 240,000 pre-existing safety-related electrical issues were proactively identified by meter installers through visual safety checks. Identified issues included problems with consumer units, inadequate earthing or unsafe electrical appliances.
Asked by: Nigel Evans (Conservative - Ribble Valley)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he plans to introduce an export tariff for rooftop solar installations after March 2019.
Answered by Claire Perry
We are considering responses to the recent Consultation proposing to close the Feed-in Tariffs (FIT) scheme, and the Call for Evidence on small-scale low-carbon generation. The Government will set out its response in due course.