Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report by the Bank of England The Brexit vote, productivity growth and macroeconomic adjustments in the United Kingdom, published on 27 August, which states that Brexit has so far caused UK productivity to fall by between two and five per cent, and business investment to fall by 11 per cent; and what steps they are taking to address declining productivity and business investment.

Productivity growth since the referendum has been 1.3%. The Bank of England analysis suggests slow productivity growth in the UK since the Brexit vote is due to a fall in investment, with a relatively insensitive response in employment.

We are tackling the UK’s productivity challenge head on to sustainably boost living standards in the long term for everyone. We have invested over half a trillion pounds in capital investment, cut taxes for businesses, improved access to finance, increased the National Productivity Investment Fund to £37bn, committed to reform technical education through T-levels and will be publishing our National Infrastructure Strategy this Autumn which sets out a plan for a step change in infrastructure investment.