HC Deb 19 December 1935 vol 307 c1927
34. Mr. J. HENDERSON STEWART

asked the Minister of Labour the cost-of-living index figure for each year since 1918, with the latest available figure for 1935?

Mr. E. BROWN

As the reply involves a list of figures I will, with my hon. Friend's permission, circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.

Following is the reply:

The averages of the cost of living index figures, showing the average increase, as compared with July, 1914, in the cost of maintaining unchanged the pre-war standard of living of working-class families, were as follow:

Increase per cent.
1918 103
1919 115
1920 149
1921 126
1922 83
1923 74
1924 75
1925 76
1926 72
1927 67½
1928 66
1929 64
1930 58
1931 47½
1932 44
1933 40
1934 41
1935 43

At 30th November, 1935, the latest date of computation, the index figure was 47.