Question follow-through · 908198

Productivity

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps her Department is taking to help increase productivity.

answeredTreasury

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Answering body
Treasury
Tabled
4 Mar 2026
Target answer date
10 Mar 2026
Answer
10 Mar 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 4 Mar 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps her Department is taking to help increase productivity.

  2. 10 Mar 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 10 Mar 2026

    Answer published

    Since the General Election, productivity has risen by more than twice as much as it did in the whole of the last Parliament. The Government has increased capital spending by an additional £120 billion - the highest level in four decades – delivering major...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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