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Office for Budget Responsibility: Research

Asked by John GlenConservativeTreasuryTabled Answered 22 April 2026UIN 127067

The question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer to Question UIN 123141, of 31 March 2026, if she knows when the OBR expect to publish their first set of areas of research interest.

Answered by Torsten Bell

The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) has full discretion over the timing of its publication programme.

The November 2025 Economic and Fiscal Outlook stated that the OBR will be publishing its first set of areas of research interest in the coming months.

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