Written Question·Treasury·UIN 88402

Migration: Economic Situation

Tabled: 5 November 2025

Answered: 17 November 2025

Question

Lewis Cocking

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the projected fiscal impact of net migration on public spending over the next five years.

Answer

James Murray

The OBR is the government’s official economic and fiscal forecaster. Box 4.5 of the OBR’s published Economic and Fiscal Outlook in March 2024 sets out estimated impacts of migration on the fiscal forecast. The OBR will produce updated economic and fiscal ...

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