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Office for Budget Responsibility: Public Appointments

Asked by Kevin HollinrakeConservativeTreasuryTabled Answered 3 March 2026UIN 114887

The question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the target date is for a new chair of the Office for Budget Responsibility to be in post.

Answered by James Murray

HM Treasury launched a competitive external recruitment campaign for a new Chair of the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) on 20 February. The intention is that a new Chair is in post by the Budget later this year.

While the Chair’s post is vacant, the two current members of the Budget Responsibility Committee, Professor David Miles and Tom Josephs, will lead the OBR.

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