Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Her Majesty's Government (1) what calculations they have made to substantiate the view, expressed by the Secretary of State for International Trade on BBC News on 17 October, that a negotiated Brexit deal would allow for slightly more economic growth than departure from the EU without such a deal, and (2) as a result of such calculations, what assessment they have made of the growth differential between a negotiated Brexit and leaving the EU without such a deal.

The Government has undertaken a significant amount of work to assess the economic impacts of leaving the EU. This is part of our continued programme of rigorous and extensive analytical work on a range of scenarios on a sector by sector basis.

It would not be appropriate to publish analysis that would risk damaging our negotiating position. In any negotiation, information on potential economic considerations is very important to the negotiating capital and negotiating position of all parties. The Government has committed to keep Parliament informed provided that doing so would not risk damaging our negotiating position.