PCA Funding Arrangements for 2020-21
Published 16 February 2022
Applies to England and Wales
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1. Pubs Code Adjudicator (PCA) Funding Arrangements
Section 63(1) of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (the Act) authorises the PCA to impose a levy on pub-owning businesses towards PCA’s expenses. Section 63(5) of the Act permits the PCA to vary the amount to be paid by pub-owning businesses, to reflect the expense and time that the PCA expects to spend in dealing with matters relating to them in the application of the Code. Before imposing the levy, the PCA must obtain the consent of the Secretary of State – section 63(2) of the Act.
2. Arrangements for 2020-21
In view of the difficulties affecting the pubs sector in 2020-21 due to the coronavirus pandemic, no consent was given by the Secretary of State for the imposition of a levy on pub-owning businesses for the financial year April 2020-March 2021.
Instead, approval, was given to provide support to the PCA for the financial year 2020-21 comprising assistance from the Secretary of State pursuant to powers in paragraph 17 of Schedule 1 to the Act, and the provision of a loan pursuant to powers in section 64 of the Act. The terms of the loan include repayment over the next two financial years (2021/22 and 2022/23) with the greater part falling to be recovered in 2022-23.
The total loan amount was £1.37m.