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Office for Budget Responsibility: Forecasts

Commons · Question 87881 · Tabled 4 Nov 2025 · Treasury · Official record

Answered 11 Nov 2025

Question

Asked by Gareth Davies

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when she was first informed by officials in her Department that the Office for Budget Responsibility was likely to conduct a review of their productivity forecasts.

Answer

Answered by Lucy Rigby, 11 Nov 2025

The OBR regularly reviews its forecast assumptions. As set out in its latest annual Forecast Evaluation Report, published in July 2025, the OBR noted that they are "currently conducting our regular summer supply stocktake, which involves research int...