Written Question·Treasury·UIN 122124

Fiscal Policy

Tabled: 19 March 2026
Answered: 27 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 fiscal headroom the Government is forecast to have against its fiscal rules in each year of the fore

Answer

Torsten Bell
In line with the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR)'s mandate, the OBR did not provide a formal assessment of performance against the fiscal rules at the Spring forecast on 3 March. The fiscal rules will be formally assessed alongside the Budget. As t...

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