United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 85865
Office for Budget Responsibility: Forecasts
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28 October 2025
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3 November 2025 · Answer
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3 November 2025
Summary
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions she had with the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) on the risk that OBR productivity growth forecasts would be revised down before the (a) Autumn Budget 2024 and (b) Spring Statement 2025.
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28 October 2025
Written question
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions she had with the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) on the risk that OBR productivity growth forecasts would be revised down before the (a) Autumn Budget 2024 and (b) Spring Statement 2025.
Source: Commons
3 November 2025
Answer
The Chancellor engages regularly with the OBR including in preparation for fiscal events. As the Government’s independent official forecaster, the OBR has full discretion over the judgements underpinning its forecasts. In the OBR's March Economic and Fisc...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-10-28/85865
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1845778
- uk · wq-1845778 · source updated 3 November 2025