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Business, Innovation and Skills written question – answered at on 12 July 2010.

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Photo of Priti Patel Priti Patel Conservative, Witham

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what information his Department holds on the number of pubs which are linked to pub companies; what recent assessment he has made of the level of competitiveness of such pubs; and if he will make a statement.

Photo of Edward Davey Edward Davey The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills

This Department does not collect information on the ownership of pubs. Such information is available in commercially produced reports. This Department has not made any recent assessments into the level of competitiveness within the sector. However, the Business, Innovation and Skills Select Committee and the Office of Fair Trading have recently looked into a range of competition issues impacting on the sector.

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