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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2024-05-15more like thismore than 2024-05-15
answering body
Treasury more like this
answering dept id 14 more like this
answering dept short name Treasury more like this
answering dept sort name Treasury more like this
hansard heading Office for Budget Responsibility: Forecasts more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
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pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will establish an independent body to verify the accuracy of forecasts made by the Office for Budget Responsibility. more like this
tabling member constituency East Londonderry more like this
tabling member printed
Mr Gregory Campbell more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2024-05-20more like thismore than 2024-05-20
answer text <p>The OBR is required by legislation to publish an evaluation of its forecasts against outturn data each year, and in 2023 also published a working paper assessing its historic forecast performance since it was established. The paper showed that its GDP growth and borrowing forecasts were comparable to external forecasters, and more accurate than previous Treasury forecasts.</p><p> </p><p>The OBR is reviewed externally every five years.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Hitchin and Harpenden more like this
answering member printed Bim Afolami more like this
question first answered
less than 2024-05-20T12:42:58.517Zmore like thismore than 2024-05-20T12:42:58.517Z
answering member
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label Biography information for Bim Afolami more like this
tabling member
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label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell more like this