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.

The office of the Pubs Code Adjudicator (PCA) is up and running. Tenants are raising issues and queries with the PCA and referring cases to him under the Code.

The PCA recently published data following the first year of operation. As of 26 July 2017, the PCA has accepted 156 referrals for arbitration and has made awards in 48 cases. Further information is available on the GOV.UK website.

My Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State is appointing a Deputy Pubs Code Adjudicator due to the large number of pub tenants and companies engaging with the Pubs Code.