Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 23 January 2017 to Question 60692, if he will publish his Department's forecasts on the effect on the public purse of continuing to fund the commitments the UK has made to the EU during the negotiations on the UK leaving the EU.

Up until the point we leave the European Union, the UK will continue to have all of the rights, obligations and benefits that membership brings, including contributing to the EU’s annual budget, regardless of whether negotiations are ongoing during this time.

The Office for Budget Responsibility is responsible for forecasting contributions to the EU. Their forecast at the time of the Autumn Statement is available in the November 2016 Economic and Fiscal Outlook.