§ Lord Lawson of Blabyasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will publish a table showing, for each half year, from the first half of 1973 to the second half of 1992 inclusive:
- (a) the annual rate of growth of United Kingdom gross domestic product;
- (b) the annual rate of inflation, measured in terms of the Retail Prices Index excluding mortgage interest payments; and
- (c) the annual rate of growth of broad money, measured in terms of M4 or the nearest equivalent monetary aggregate for which figures exist.
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of the Environment (Lord Strathclyde)The information requested at (a) and (c) can be derived from the CSO database which can be accessed by the House of Lords Library.
The CSO identifiers are:
(a) CAOP
(c) AUZP
The information requested at (b) is contained in the following table.
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Retail Prices Index All items excluding mortgage interest payments1 Percentage change over corresponding period in previous year Date Percentage 1973 1st half 8.6 2nd half 9.7 1974 1st half 14.5 2nd half 17.6 1975 1st half 23.2 2nd half 27.0 1976 1st half 19.3 2nd half 14.3 1977 1st half 16.8 2nd half 15.1 1978 1st half 9.3 2nd half 8.0 1979 1st half 9.1 2nd half 15.8 1980 1st half 19.3 2nd half 14.7 1981 1st half 12.4 2nd half 11.9 1982 1st half 9.9 2nd half 7.2 1983 1st half 5.5 2nd half 5.0 1984 1st half 4.7 2nd half 4.1 1985 1st half 5.1 2nd half 5.3 1986 1st half 3.9 2nd half 3.4 1987 1st half 3.7 2nd half 3.8
Dale Percentage 1988 1st half 4.1 2nd half 5.1 1989 1st half 5.8 2nd half 5.9 1990 1st half 7.2 2nd half 9.1 1991 1st half 7.6 2nd half 5.9 1992 1st half 5.5 2nd half 4.0 1 Mortgage interest payments have only been included in the retail prices index since January 197S. Earlier changes for 1973 and 1974 are based on movements in the whole RPI.