page_title: Welsh Revenue Authority
section_title: Selection of Head Office
hierarchical_section_title: Welsh Revenue Authority / Selection of Head Office
caption_attribution_description: English: QED Centre, Tresforest Industrial Estate One of the more recent buildings on the Treforest Industrial Estate. A divisional office of the Welsh Assembly Government.
context_page_description: Welsh Revenue Authority is a non-ministerial department of the Welsh Government responsible for the administration and collection of devolved taxes in Wales.
  Welsh Revenue Authority is accountable to the Welsh Parliament.
context_section_description: There was a three phase process in the selection the head office of the authority. Phase 1 and 2 drew up a short-list of viable locations from within the Welsh Government estate. This considered six properties located in Sarn Mynach in Llandudno Junction, Rhodfa Padarn in Aberystwyth, Rhydycar Business Park in Merthyr Tydfil, the QED Centre in Treforest (near Pontypridd), Cathays Park in Cardiff and  Picton Terrace in Carmarthen. 
  Phase 3 of the process appraised the short-listed locations based on three agreed critical of the ability to attract and retain skilled workforce, the proximity to stakeholders and the proximity to customers. From this process three Welsh Government offices were available which could have potentially meet the criteria, Cathays Park, Rhydycar Business Park and the QED Centre. The Rhydycar Business Park site was assessed as being higher risk in its ability to attract key skills and being its location in relation to its customer base. The QED Centre near Pontypridd was ultimately chosen as the site of the authority.
caption: QED Centre, headquarters of the Welsh Revenue Authority in Pontypridd
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