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PCA Arbitration Data - Quarterly Release (October - December 2021)

Published 21 January 2022

Applies to England and Wales

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1. Enquiries

This Quarter 01/10/2021 to 31/12/2021 Last Quarter 01/07/2021 to 30/09/2021 Cumulative from 01/04/2021 to 31/12/2021 Cumulative from 21/07/2016 to 31/12/2021
Total 34 34 117 1435

2. Total Referrals for Arbitration

This Quarter 01/10/2021 to 31/12/2021 Last Quarter 01/07/2021 to 30/09/2021 Cumulative from 01/04/2021 to 31/12/2021 Cumulative from 21/07/2016 to 31/12/2021
Received 14 20 73 615
Accepted 15 23 75 563
This Quarter 01/10/2021 to 31/12/2021 Last Quarter 01/07/2021 to 30/09/2021 Cumulative from 01/04/2021 to 31/12/2021 Cumulative from 21/07/2016 to 31/12/2021
Received 13 19 68 532
Accepted 14 22 70 492
This Quarter 01/10/2021 to 31/12/2021 Last Quarter 01/07/2021 to 30/09/2021 Cumulative from 01/04/2021 to 31/12/2021 Cumulative from 21/07/2016 to 31/12/2021
Received 1 1 5 83
Accepted 1 1 5 71

5. Current Arbitration Caseload

Accepted cases that have been opened for: Cumulative from 01/04/2021 to 31/12/2021 Cumulative from 21/07/2016 to 31/12/2021
Less than 1 month (30 days or less) 5 5
Between 1 and 3 months (between 31 and 90 days) 8 8
Between 3 and 6 months (between 91 and 180 days) 15 15
Longer than 6 months (181 days or greater) 20 36
Total 48 64

6. Awards Issued

This Quarter 01/10/2021 to 31/12/2021 Last Quarter 01/07/2021 to 30/09/2021 Cumulative from 21/07/2016 to 31/12/2021
Awards issued 31 24 600

7. Most Common Pubs Code Referrals

This quarter, the three most common referrals accepted by the PCA are:

  • MRO, Full response
  • MRO, Independent assessor
  • Non-MRO, Rent assessment

8. Breakdown by pub-owning business

Of the 563 arbitration cases accepted by the PCA, the breakdown is as follows:

Pub-owning business Accepted cases
Admiral Taverns Limited 3
Ei Group Limited (trading as Stonegate Pub Partners) 294
Greene King Limited 59
Marston’s PLC 35
Punch Taverns Limited 52
Star Pubs & Bars Limited 120

Of the 492 MRO cases accepted by the PCA, the breakdown is as follows:

Pub-owning business Accepted cases
Admiral Taverns Limited 3
Ei Group Limited (trading as Stonegate Pub Partners) 260
Greene King Limited 55
Marston’s PLC 27
Punch Taverns Limited 47
Star Pubs & Bars Limited 100

9. Notes

  • includes referrals received in the previous quarter accepted this quarter
  • where both MRO and non-MRO disputes are received by the PCA in a single referral, these are recorded against MRO referrals for arbitration
  • this release is based on live arbitration data and is correct at the time it is captured for the purposes of publication
  • on the Current Arbitration Caseload table, the first column shows open cases that were accepted from 01/10/2021 to 31/12/2021. The second column shows all open cases that were accepted up to 31/12/2021, irrespective of acceptance date
  • current Arbitration Caseload is data reported as of 31/12/2021
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