Members of Parliament archive - Office for Budget Responsibility

An archive of letters between Members of Parliament and the OBR between 2010 and 2023.

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Letter from David Miles and Tom Josephs to Lord Moynihan on Brexit
19 December 2025 – 6.37 MB
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Letter from David Miles and Tom Josephs to Sir Mel Stride MP on Autumn 2025 forecast process
5 December 2025 – 1.85 MB
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Letter from Richard Hughes to Sir Mel Stride MP and Andrew Griffith MP on Employment Rights Bill
4 November 2025 – 327.51 KB
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Letter from Richard Hughes to Sir Mel Stride MP on recent Government policy announcements
5 August 2025 – 481.47 KB
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Letter from Richard Hughes to Dame Meg Hillier MP on the follow to his reappointment hearing on 15 July 2025
1 August 2025 – 279.05 KB
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Letter from Richard Hughes to Andrew Griffith on the non-domicile regime
14 July 2025 – 348.67 KB
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Letter from Richard Hughes to Graham Leadbitter MP on spirits duty revenue
9 May 2025 – 378.87 KB
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Letter from Richard Hughes to Rt Hon Priti Patel MP on the March 2024 DEL forecast review
10 December 2024 – 213.17 KB
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Letter from Richard Hughes to Rt Hon Mel Stride MP on reforms to the Work Capability Assessment
10 December 2024 – 196.42 KB
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Exchange of correspondence between Richard Hughes and Rt. Hon. Jeremy Hunt MP on the March 2024 DEL forecast review
27 October 2024 – 139.83 KB
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Letter from Richard Hughes to Rt. Hon. Kit Malthouse MP on the March 2024 DEL forecast review
10 October 2024 – 229.34 KB
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Letter from Richard Hughes to Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown MP on VAT RES costing review
11 March 2024 – 436.73 KB
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Letter from Richard Hughes to John McDonnell MP on Capital Gains Tax Relief
11 March 2024 – 298.58 KB
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Letter from Richard Hughes to Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown MP on tax-free shopping schemes
22 December 2023 – 202.97 KB
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Letter from Richard Hughes to Andrew Percy MP on post-Autumn Statement public engagement activity
1 December 2022 – 262.40 KB
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Letter from Richard Hughes to Lord Bridges on welfare spending
25 November 2022 – 370.06 KB
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Letter from Lord Bridges to the OBR on welfare spending
25 November 2022 – 183.12 KB
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Letter from Richard Hughes to Lord Bethell on obesity strategy and population health
6 October 2022 – 398.89 KB
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Letter from Lord Bethell to Richard Hughes on obesity strategy and population health
6 October 2022 – 107.23 KB
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Letter from Richard Hughes to Ian Blackford MP on an urgent OBR forecast update
29 September 2022 – 219.70 KB
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Letter from Ian Blackford MP to Richard Hughes on an urgent OBR forecast update
29 September 2022 – 149.30 KB
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Letter from Richard Hughes to Patrick McFadden MP on the Cost of living support package
23 June 2022 – 174.34 KB
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Letter from Patrick McFadden MP to Richard Hughes on the Cost of living support package
23 June 2022 – 819.25 KB
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Letter from Richard Hughes to Rachel Reeves MP on the potential fiscal implications of higher paths for real GDP growth
13 January 2022 – 202.69 KB
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Letter from Rachel Reeves MP to Richard Hughes on the potential fiscal implications of higher paths for real GDP growth
13 January 2022 – 637.23 KB
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Letter from Richard Hughes to Bridget Phillipson MP on the October 2021 Economic and fiscal outlook forecast timetable
27 October 2021 – 312.47 KB
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Letter from Richard Hughes to Rachel Reeves MP on the economic and fiscal implications of EU exit and UK-EU trade deal
29 March 2021 – 257.32 KB
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Letter from Rachel Reeves MP to Richard Hughes on the economic and fiscal implications of EU exit and UK-EU trade deal
29 March 2021 – 248.64 KB
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Letter from Robert Chote to Chris Philp MP on the use of the OBR policy costings database
20 April 2017 – 52.58 KB
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Letter from Robert Chote to Rt Hon Frank Field MP on Universal Credit and policy costing
4 February 2016 – 2.35 MB
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Letter from Rt Hon Frank Field MP to Robert Chote on Universal Credit and policy costing
14 December 2015 – 646.09 KB
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Letter from Robert Chote to Vince Cable on the distinction between departmental spending plans and assumptions in the Economic and fiscal outlook
3 December 2014 – 508.59 KB
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Letter from Vince Cable to Robert Chote on the distinction between departmental spending plans and assumptions in the Economic and fiscal outlook
3 December 2014 – 291.57 KB
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Letter from Robert Chote to Kenneth Gibson on Scottish oil and gas receipts
10 July 2014 – 295.61 KB
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Letter from Robert Chote to Kenneth Gibson on the implementation of the Scotland Act 2012
11 November 2013 – 849.77 KB
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Letter from Kenneth Gibson to Robert Chote on the implementation of the Scotland Act 2012
30 October 2013 – 36.08 KB
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Letter from Rt Hon Ed Balls MP in response to Robert Chote and attached draft amendment to the Budget Responsibility and National Audit Act 2011
15 October 2013 – 241.46 KB
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Letter from Robert Chote in response to Rt Hon Ed Balls MP on Opposition policy costings
15 October 2013 – 200.27 KB
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Letter from Rt Hon Ed Balls MP to Robert Chote on Opposition policy costings
15 October 2013 – 212.98 KB
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Letter to Rachel Reeves MP from Robert Chote on Asset Purchase Facility transfers
27 December 2012 – 67.70 KB
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Letter from Rachel Reeves MP to Robert Chote on Asset Purchase Facility transfers
6 December 2012 – 246.28 KB
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Letter from Robert Chote to John Denham MP on costing student fee loans
28 September 2011 – 228.75 KB
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Letter from John Denham MP on costing student fee loans
7 September 2011 – 262.65 KB

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