Written Question·Treasury·UIN 122122

Economic Growth

Tabled: 19 March 2026
Answered: 26 March 2026

Question

Wendy Morton

ConservativeAldridge-Brownhills

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Office for Budget Responsibility’s Economic and Fiscal Outlook published in March 2026, what the forecast rate of UK economic growth is expected to be in each year of the forecast period; what

Answer

Torsten Bell
The independent Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) published its latest Economic and Fiscal Outlook (EFO) on the 3rd March 2026. The OBR forecasts that the UK economy will grow by 1.1% in 2026, and will then grow at an average rate of 1.6% per year fr...

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