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Economic Growth: Brexit

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the impact of leaving the EU on the underlying growth rate of the UK economy; and what recent analysis her Department has undertaken on that issue.

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Treasury
Tabled
20 May 2026
Target answer date
1 Jun 2026
Answer
1 Jun 2026 · 12 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 20 May 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the impact of leaving the EU on the underlying growth rate of the UK economy; and what recent analysis her Department has undertaken on that issue.

  2. 1 Jun 2026

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  3. 1 Jun 2026

    Answer published

    The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) is the government’s official forecaster. The OBR has included assessments of the economic impacts of leaving the EU in its forecasts since 2016. In March 2020 the OBR estimated that, as a result of the deal negot...

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