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We welcome written evidence on forecast and modelling issues at any time and will, on the basis of the evidence provided, consider the case for subsequent direct engagement. We are not always able to directly respond to all submissions we receive due to our small team and the volume of evidence we receive.
For evidence on policy, the OBR’s secondary legislation, the Charter for Budget Responsibility, states that “The government is responsible for all policy decisions and for policy costings, i.e. quantifying the direct impact of policy decisions on the public finances. Subject to receiving sufficient information from the Treasury to do so, the OBR will provide independent scrutiny and certification of the government’s policy costings.” As such, the OBR has no role in policy development or advice, so the Treasury and other departments should be the first point of contact on analytical issues regarding policy costings. We are happy to consider written evidence on policy costings but do not have the resource to address all individual stakeholder requests due to the large volume of evidence we receive.
On both forecast and policy costings issues, we are very limited in the engagement we can do and the information we can provide while we are in the process of producing a forecast for confidentiality reasons.
We are happy to explain our forecasts and any related work and will provide further information on our analysis on request. We are subject to the rules governing Freedom of Information requests, which should be submitted via our enquiries email address. In many cases, it may be easier and quicker to request information on a more informal basis particularly if it is already in the public domain. Our Release policy and more information can be found on our Requests for information page.
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Staff contacts
Chief of staff
Laura Gardiner
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Deputy director – Economy
Rosie Colthorpe
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Deputy director – Fiscal
Jim Ebdon
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Strategy, Operations and Communications
Mark Dembowicz
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Economy forecast and economic analysis and modelling
Scott Bowman – Economy forecast oversight
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James England – Indirect effects oversight
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Julian Cann – Macroeconomic modelling and analysis
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Fiscal analysis
Jon Riley – Tax and fiscal forecasts
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Graham Atkins – Expenditure
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Policy costings and devolution
Bronwyn Garrett
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Fiscal risks and sustainability
Zoe Tavares
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