HC Deb 26 February 1953 vol 511 cc2306-7
47. Mrs. Mann

asked the Minister of Labour if he will give an analysis of the number of food items and groceries, represented by the retail index of the cost of living, and the percentage increase, or decrease, on such items which have fluctuated in price since 1951.

Sir W. Monckton

A full list of the food items included in the interim index of retail prices is given in the published description of the index "Interim Index of Retail Prices: Method of Construction and Calculation." Details of the percentage increases or decreases in the average prices of the various items of food between mid-December, 1951, and mid-December, 1952, are shown on page 4 of the January, 1953, issue of the Ministry of Labour Gazette.