Written Question·Treasury·UIN 95729

Office for Budget Responsibility

Tabled: 1 December 2025
Answered: 8 December 2025

Question

Jim McMahon

Labour (Co-op)Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the Office for Budget Responsibility.

Answer

Lucy Rigby
The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) is the UK’s independent forecaster and the Government is fully committed to the OBR’s independence and its vital role as a core part of our fiscal framework. That is why one of the first Acts of this Parliament i...

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