{"value":{"id":1807752,"askingMemberId":4284,"askingMember":null,"house":"Lords","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2025-06-02T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2025-06-16T00:00:00","uin":"HL7969","questionText":"To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of their fiscal policies on the United Kingdom's economic growth potential.","answeringBodyId":14,"answeringBodyName":"Treasury","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4559,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2025-06-16T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>The independent Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) is responsible for preparing forecasts for the UK economy and public finances. This includes an assessment of the impact of the Government’s policies.</p><p>The OBR publish their judgements in their Economic and Fiscal Outlook (EFO). The OBR’s latest EFO can be found here: <a href=\"https://obr.uk/efo/economic-and-fiscal-outlook-march-2025/\" target=\"_blank\">Economic and fiscal outlook – March 2025 - Office for Budget Responsibility</a>. This includes the OBR’s assessment of government policies announced at Spring Statement 2025.</p><p>The OBR’s assessment of the Government’s policies at the Budget in October can be found here: <a href=\"https://obr.uk/efo/economic-and-fiscal-outlook-october-2024/\" target=\"_blank\">Economic and fiscal outlook – October 2024 - Office for Budget Responsibility</a>.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Fiscal Policy","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1807752","method":"GET"}]}