3. Will the Commission provide an update on the extent to which it is meeting its key performance indicators for the sixth Senedd? OQ59186

The Commission's key performance indicators were reviewed at the beginning of the sixth Senedd. The key performance indicator data for the current year, namely April 2022 to March 2023, is currently being collected, and will be published in the annual report and accounts for 2022-23 in the summer. 

Thank you very much for that confirmation. Therefore, the figures are on their way, and I look forward to seeing those. And I'm particularly interested, as I'm sure many in the Chamber are, in the Commission's attempts to increase the spending of the Commission on Welsh providers in order to use the public pound for the benefit of our local communities and the people of Wales. There are many examples of this, such as Castell Howell in my area, in terms of the provision of food. I particularly welcome the target in the last Senedd to increase this percentage to 43 per cent, and the fact that the Commission had succeeded in the last financial year to go beyond that target, with 45 per cent of expenditure made with Welsh providers. 

So, Llywydd, can you confirm how the Commission defines a Welsh provider, because some organisations have argued that this is very complex and difficult to do? Clearly, the Commission doesn't have any difficulty in setting and measuring such a target. And also, in terms of the KPIs for the sixth Senedd, can you confirm what the new ambition is in terms of Welsh procurement, so that we can support even more businesses and jobs, which are the backbone of our economy and communities?

You asked two questions there, and I can answer one of them, but I'll have to write to you with the answer to the other. The answer to the question in terms of what is the Commission's target in terms of expenditure on Welsh suppliers, because we met our target in the last Senedd of 43 per cent, the target is now 50 per cent for the sixth Senedd, and I hope that we will be able to report on that, as I said, in our annual report. So, 50 per cent is the target.

How exactly do we define produce and expenditure on Welsh produce? I will have to write to you on that, Cefin Campbell, because I don't have that answer to hand. So, I'm happy to confirm that in a letter to you, and I hope that that will provide a clear explanation to you and to anyone else who wants to know how the Commission and Senedd define Welsh goods and services.