https://obr.uk/efo/economic-and-fiscal-outlook-march-2023/<\/a><\/p> <\/p>
The OBR will publish an updated forecast later this year.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of the expected level of public sector net debt in April 2024.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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As the Government\u2019s official independent forecaster, the Government has a close working relationship with the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR). In the lead up to the recent Autumn Statement and accompanying OBR forecast, the OBR were engaged in the normal way. As is set out in the foreword of the OBR\u2019s November Economic and Fiscal Outlook (EFO), the forecast process involved the OBR producing multiple draft iterations of the forecasts which it shared with the Chancellor. These drafts included forecasts for Public Sector Net Debt. The Chancellor Jeremy Hunt also met with the OBR to discuss the forecast on the 17 October and 16 November.<\/p>
<\/p>
The OBR published an updated forecast for Public Sector Net Debt as part of their November 2022 Economic and Fiscal Outlook. The OBR forecast that Public Sector Net Debt for 2022-23 will be £2,571 billion or 101.9% of GDP.<\/p>
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<\/p>
The Government supports the vital, independent role the OBR plays, which give markets, the public, and the world confidence that our economic plans are credible, and rightly holds us to account for delivering them.<\/p>"}
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The Treasury does not publish forecasts of the economy or the public finances; the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) is the UK\u2019s official forecaster. In their March 2022 forecast, the OBR projected that Public Sector Net Debt (PSND) for 2022-23 will be £2.4 trillion or 95.5% of GDP. Latest outturn data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) shows by the end of September, PSND had reached 98% of GDP.<\/p>
<\/p>
The OBR will publish an updated fiscal forecast on 17 November, alongside the Autumn Statement.<\/p>"}
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The Treasury does not publish forecasts of the economy or the public finances; the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) is the UK\u2019s official forecaster. In their March 2021 forecast, the OBR projected that Public Sector Net Debt (PSND) for 2021-22 will be £2.5 trillion or 107.4% of GDP. In addition, underlying debt (PSND excluding the Bank of England) is forecast to be £2.2 trillion or 93.8% of GDP in 2021-22.<\/p>
<\/p>
This reflects that the policy support announced by the government in response to the pandemic has led to a significant but necessary increase in borrowing and debt. At the Budget in March, the government set out steps to strengthen the public finances, with the OBR forecast showing the public finances on a more sustainable footing with debt stable over the medium-term.<\/p>"}
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The Office for National Statistics (ONS) publishes regular data on the public sector finances including for end-month Public Sector Net Debt. Public sector net debt was 101.9% of gross domestic product (GDP) at 31st August 2020. The next ONS Public sector finances release is expected on the 21st<\/sup> of October 2020.<\/p> <\/p>
Our fiscal response has been the right thing to do to support jobs, livelihoods and the economy, and will ensure stronger public finances over the longer term. Although this will lead to a rise in borrowing and debt in the near-term, with borrowing costs now close to record lows, this is affordable and sustainable. Over time and as the economy recovers, the government will take the necessary steps to ensure the long-term health of the public finances.<\/p>
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The government\u2019s medium-term economic and fiscal forecasts are produced by the independent Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR).<\/p>
<\/p>
The most recent Budget forecast was published on 11 March 2020. In this publication, the OBR\u2019s forecast for the level of public sector net debt is £1827 billion in 2021-22, which is 75.0% as a share of GDP.<\/p>
<\/p>
On 13 March 2020, the OBR are due to publish a supplementary forecast.<\/p>
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In May 2017 public sector net debt was 85% of GDP.<\/p>
Forecasts for the level of debt are produced by the independent Office for Budget Responsibility. The OBR forecast debt levels at the end of March in each year, and do not provide an estimate of the debt level for each month.<\/p>
Debt has begun its first sustained fall in a generation, three years before required by the fiscal rules. At Spring Statement 2019 the OBR forecast the level of public sector net debt in March 2022 will have fallen to 74.9% of GDP.<\/p>"}
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