Written Question·Cabinet Office·UIN 54804

Public Bodies: Statistics

Tabled: 30 May 2025
Answered: 9 June 2025

Question

Mike Wood

Conservative — Kingswinford and South Staffordshire

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance the UK Statistics Authority has provided to public bodies on the use of Social Time Preference Rate discounting when presenting the cost of public policies.

Answer

Georgia Gould
The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. A response to the Hon gentleman’s Parliamentary Question of 30th May is attached.