Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will take steps to ensure that training produced by his Department to support businesses with the delivery of the Procurement Bill will recognise that there will be differences in the procurement regimes operating in England and Wales.

The Procurement Bill will introduce a world leading procurement regime, and fundamentally improve the way public sector organisations buy goods and services.

The Cabinet Office will be providing a comprehensive funded learning and development (L&D) programme to support everyone operating within the new regime to understand what is changing. Recognising that there will be some differences between the procurement regimes operating in England and Wales, Cabinet Office officials will continue to work closely with Welsh Government officials to ensure the content of the L&D materials reflects this appropriately. To enable the programme to be relevant and meaningful to all audiences, fact sheets and supporting resources will be provided to highlight relevant sector and geographical variations.