Written Question·Treasury·UIN 102215

Infrastructure: Cost Benefit Analysis

Tabled: 2 January 2026
Answered: 12 January 2026

Question

Callum Anderson

LabourBuckingham and Bletchley

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how her Department plans to account for international approaches to social discounting in informing the UK review of discounting in the Green Book.

Answer

James Murray
The independent review of the Green Book discount rate will be published in the summer 2026. Changes to the Green Book discount rate methodology will affect the appraisal of major infrastructure projects that involve benefits and costs well into the futur...

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