Consultation outcome

Pubs Code and Pubs Code Adjudicator: invitation for views on the second statutory review, 2019 to 2022

From:
Department for Business and Trade and Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
Published
26 May 2022
Last updated
17 November 2023 — See all updates
This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
This consultation has concluded

Detail of outcome

The Department for Business and Trade has published the government’s report on the second Statutory Review of the Pubs Code and Pubs Code Adjudicator (PCA).

The report concludes that the Pubs Code remains consistent with the principles set out in the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 and that overall the PCA has been effective in enforcing the code over the review period.

The government will undertake further work to ensure that the code’s operation remains effective over the next statutory review period.

Feedback received

Responses from pub-owning businesses

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Responses from others

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Responses from surveyors

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Responses from tenant representative groups

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Responses from tied tenants

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Responses from trade associations and business representative organisations

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Detail of feedback received

We received 22 responses from a range of stakeholders including:

  • tied pub tenants
  • pub-owning businesses
  • representative organisations
  • the PCA

Stakeholders’ responses are published on this page. In some cases certain content has been redacted in accordance with legal principles and requirements, such as the provisions within the Enterprise Act 2002. Responses or material provided by respondents which is already lawfully in the public domain have been signposted.

Publicly available responses

Original consultation

Summary

We invite views and evidence on the operation of the Pubs Code and the performance of the Pubs Code Adjudicator which, as part of the second statutory review, will inform its conclusions.

This consultation ran from
to

Consultation description

The Small Business, Enterprise and Employment (SBEE) Act 2015 provided for the establishment of the Pubs Code which regulates the tenancies of large estates of tied pubs in England and Wales. The Act and the Regulations require the Secretary of State to regularly review the operation of the Pubs Code and certain other provisions, and the Adjudicator’s performance. 

The second review covers the period from 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2022.

We are seeking views from all those with an interest in the operation of the Pubs Code and the performance of the Pubs Code Adjudicator. This includes, but is not restricted to:

  • the pub-owning businesses covered by the Code
  • tied (and previously tied) pub tenants and those that represent their interests
  • trade bodies
  • the Pubs Code Adjudicator

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Documents

Pubs Code and Pubs Code Adjudicator: invitation to contribute views and evidence to the second statutory review

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Response form (Word)

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Updates to this page

Published 26 May 2022
Last updated 17 November 2023 + show all updates

  1. Link to 'Pubs Code and Pubs Code Adjudicator: statutory review, 2019 to 2022' published in 'Detail of outcome' section. Consultation responses published.

  2. First published.

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