<p>The Supplier Qualification Information Database</p>

Part of 1. 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government – in the Senedd at 2:14 pm on 29 June 2016.

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Photo of Mark Drakeford Mark Drakeford Labour 2:14, 29 June 2016

I thank Mike Hedges for that and, of course, I welcome feedback from the Electrical Contractors’ Association and others who have an interest in procurement here in Wales. Mike Hedges is quite right that the evidence shows that SQuID has made a positive impact on the construction sector. Prior to its introduction around 30 per cent of all contracts in Wales were won by indigenous suppliers. At the end of the last financial year, only two months ago, 82 per cent of major construction contracts awarded through Sell2Wales were won by indigenous Welsh businesses. So, it is a success story. I read the research that the Electrical Contractors’ Association were drawing on. It is Welsh Government’s policy to encourage all public authorities to make the maximum use of the SQuID approach, and I’m very willing to ask my officials to make further efforts to make sure that its use is maximised across all public procurement.