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Written question asked by Chris Bloore (Labour) on Tuesday, 8 September 2026, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 10 September 2026. It was answered by Torsten Bell (Labour) on Tuesday, 15 September 2026 on behalf of the Treasury.

Cost of Living

Question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department plans to integrate a distributional analysis of essential household expenditure into the formal Autumn Budget Tax Impact Assessments.

Answer

The Government has no current plans to integrate a distributional analysis of essential household expenditure into the formal Autumn Budget Tax Impact Assessments.

HM Treasury routinely publishes distributional analysis of the impact of government policy across the household income distribution alongside fiscal events. The most recent published analysis, accompanying Budget 2025, set out estimates of the impact of tax, welfare and public service spending decisions on household incomes across the household income distribution. The focus is on policy choices, including those made in fiscal events.

The analysis showed that, on average, households in the lowest income deciles will benefit the most from policy decisions as a percentage of net income and that increases in tax will be concentrated on the highest income households. On average, all but the richest 10 per cent of households in 2028-29 will benefit from policy decisions.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
28124
Session
2026-27
Subjects
Taxation Impact assessments Cost of living
Link
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