Keywords

ALB, Arm’s Length Bodies, Public Bodies, Quangos, Public Servants, Civil Servants

Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR)

Office for Budget Responsibility is a Crown NDPB sponsored by HM Treasury. The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) provides independent and authoritative analysis of the UK’s public finances. The main duty of the OBR is to examine and report on the sustainability of the public finances. In carrying out this duty, the OBR has five main roles: the production of the fiscal and economic forecasts, including independent scrutiny of the impact of policy measures; an assessment of the Government’s performance against fiscal targets; analysis of fiscal risks and sustainability; assessment of the accuracy of the previous fiscal and economic forecasts; a report on trends in welfare spending and an assessment of the Government’s performance against the welfare cap. The OBR also forecast the receipts and spending of the develoved Scottish and Welsh governments. The Welsh Government also ask the OBR to provide independent scrutiny of the forecasts they use in budgets.

Regional Remit

OBR operates in the UK. Their headquarters are located in London.


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Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0 Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2025

2023/24 Chair's Name

Richard Hughes

Established

2010

Ombudsman

Parliamentary & Health Service Ombudsman

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Finances

This figure provides an overview of Office for Budget Responsibility’s income and expenditure during the 2023/24 financial year.

Some ALBs, such as those with Trading Fund status, do not classify their spending data by RDEL, CDEL, and AME and will report £0 for these values.
For more information regarding RDEL, CDEL and AME, please see our analysis of ALB Spending.

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Staffing

The figure below shows the types of staff employed by Office for Budget Responsibility on 31 March 2024.


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Arms Length Bodies

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