Question follow-through · 44044

Disposable Income

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to her oral statement on Spring Statement of 26 March 2025, Official Report, Column 952, what the evidential basis is that households will be on average more than £500 a year better off under this Gov

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Answering body
Treasury
Tabled
3 Apr 2025
Target answer date
7 Apr 2025
Answer
11 Apr 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 3 Apr 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to her oral statement on Spring Statement of 26 March 2025, Official Report, Column 952, what the evidential basis is that households will be on average more than £500 a year better off under this Gov

  2. 7 Apr 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 11 Apr 2025

    Answer published

    The Office for Budget Responsibility’s (OBR) March 2025 forecast is for people to be on average over £500 a year better off, relative to the March 2024 forecast. This refers to Real Household Disposable Income (RHDI) per person, a commonly used measure of...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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