Written Question·Treasury·UIN 3959

Winter Fuel Payment

Tabled: 3 September 2024
Answered: 10 September 2024

Question

Sir Mel Stride

ConservativeCentral Devon

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to p.9 of the policy document entitled Fixing the Foundations, published on 29 July 2024, what discussions her Department had with the Office for Budget Responsibility before estimating the savings to

Answer

Darren Jones
The Chancellor’s statement of 29 July made hard choices to reduce immediate spending pressures . It was not a fiscal event and was not accompanied by an economic and fiscal forecast from the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR). The Chancellor commissio...

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