Asked by: Greg Mulholland (Liberal Democrat - Leeds North West)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment he has made of the compliance of pub-owning businesses with the Pubs Code.
Answered by Margot James
The Pubs Code came into force 3 months ago, on 21 July 2016. It is therefore too early to have made an assessment of the compliance of pub-owning businesses with the Code.
Asked by: Greg Mulholland (Liberal Democrat - Leeds North West)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what representations he has received on the ability of the Pubs Code Adjudicator to enact its role impartially.
Answered by Margot James
My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State has received one letter from the hon. Member for Hartlepool (Iain Wright) as Chair of the Business, Innovation and Skills Committee and one letter from the hon. Member in his capacity as Chair of the British Pub Confederation. The Department has also received correspondence from members of the Pubs Advisory Service and the British Pub Confederation.
Asked by: Greg Mulholland (Liberal Democrat - Leeds North West)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 15 September 2016 to Question 45581, when his Department expects to be able to provide a breakdown of the costs incurred in the creation of his Department.
Answered by Margot James
The Department will provide a breakdown in the Annual Report and Accounts 2016-17.
Asked by: Greg Mulholland (Liberal Democrat - Leeds North West)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will publish a breakdown of the costs incurred in the creation of his Department.
Answered by Lord Johnson of Marylebone
The costs of setting up the new Department are ongoing and the processes will take some time to complete. The Department will provide a breakdown of costs once the transition period is complete.
Asked by: Greg Mulholland (Liberal Democrat - Leeds North West)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the average hourly earnings were of his Department's (a) BME and (b) non-BME employees in (i) 2015 and (ii) 2016.
Answered by Lord Johnson of Marylebone
The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills does not currently hold any analysis of pay by ethnicity characteristic. To extract and analyse this data would incur disproportionate costs.
Asked by: Greg Mulholland (Liberal Democrat - Leeds North West)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether lease renewal and rent review will remain trigger points for the market rent only option procedure, as set out in Part 6 of the withdrawn Pubs Code etc. Regulations 2016.
Answered by Anna Soubry
Yes. Lease renewal and rent review will remain trigger points for the ‘Market Rent Only’ option procedure in the revised regulations.
Asked by: Greg Mulholland (Liberal Democrat - Leeds North West)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he plans to make changes to the procedure of the market rent only option once triggered, as planned in Part 6 of the withdrawn Pubs Code etc. Regulations 2016.
Answered by Anna Soubry
No. The Government does not plan to make any material changes to the procedure of the ‘Market Rent Only’ option, once triggered, in the revised regulations. Some technical drafting improvements have been made to Part 6.
Asked by: Greg Mulholland (Liberal Democrat - Leeds North West)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he plans to lay the revised statutory instruments for the Pubs Code etc. Regulations 2016 and Pubs Code (Fees, Costs and Financial Penalties) Regulations 2016 before the House.
Answered by Anna Soubry
The Government is working hard to bring the Pubs Code etc Regulations 2016 into force as soon as possible. We have drafted the necessary technical corrections, and will lay a revised draft as soon as possible. The Code will come in to force following Parliamentary scrutiny. The Pubs Code (Fees, Costs and Financial Penalties) Regulations 2016 will be laid at the same time.
Asked by: Greg Mulholland (Liberal Democrat - Leeds North West)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the average hourly earnings were of her Department's (a) BME and (b) non-BME employees in (i) 2015 and (ii) 2016.
Answered by Andrea Leadsom
The average hourly earnings for a) BME and (b) non-BME employees in (i) 2015 and (ii) 2016 are set out in the tables below*:
2015 – Hourly earnings
Grade | Ethnicity | Average hourly earnings (£) |
AO | BME | 12.38 |
Non-BME | 11.89 | |
EO | BME | 14.15 |
Non-BME | 14.07 | |
HEO | BME | 16.58 |
Non-BME | 16.71 | |
SEO | BME | 19.55 |
Non-BME | 20.15 | |
Grade 7 | BME | 25.73 |
Non-BME | 26.22 | |
Grade 6 | BME | 31.94 |
Non-BME | 31.82 | |
SCS | BME | 36.63 |
Non-BME | 42.28 |
2016 – Hourly earnings*
Grade | Ethnicity | Average hourly earnings (£) |
AO | BME | 11.65 |
Non-BME | 11.21 | |
EO | BME | 13.98 |
Non-BME | 13.45 | |
HEO | BME | 16.35 |
Non-BME | 16.17 | |
SEO | BME | 19.47 |
Non-BME | 19.51 | |
Grade 7 | BME | 25.73 |
Non-BME | 26.02 | |
Grade 6 | BME | 31.58 |
Non-BME | 31.80 | |
SCS | BME | 36.87 |
Non-BME | 42.04 |
* Please note:
- Hourly earnings are calculated based on FTE salary, a 37 hour week, and include London and Aberdeen staff.
- Data is based on employees that have declared their ethnicity. Those who have not responded, or ‘prefer not to say’ are excluded from the data.
- The trend in lower average hourly earnings from 2015 to 2016 is likely to be due to the exit scheme in March 2016, which consisted of generally longer serving and higher paid staff leaving the organisation