Question follow-through · 3243

Public Finance: Sustainable Development

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the long-term sustainability of public finances.

answeredTreasury

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Answering body
Treasury
Tabled
20 May 2026
Target answer date
1 Jun 2026
Answer
4 Jun 2026 · 15 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 20 May 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the long-term sustainability of public finances.

  2. 1 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 4 Jun 2026

    Answer published

    The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) is the Government's official independent forecaster responsible for assessing the UK economic and fiscal outlook.The Office for Budget Responsibility is required to prepare an analysis of the sustainability of th...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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