§ Mr. Lewisasked the Minister of Labour to publish in HANSARD a table of figures showing the monthly rise or fall
Owing to changes in the indices in use, involving variations in the items priced and in the weights used to combine the various prices, a single set of figures showing the monthly changes in the average level of food prices on a comparable basis throughout the period from 1945 is not available.
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Year Jan. Feb. Mar. April May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Cost of Living Index (Prices at July, 1914 = 100) 1945 … … 168 168 168 168 168 170 176 172 169 169 169 169 1946 … … 169 169 169 169 169 169 171 171 168 168 168 168 1947 … … 168 168 169 168 162 161 — — — — — — Interim Index of Retail Prices (Prices at 17th June, 1947 = 100) 1947 … … — — — — — 100 101 99 100 101 103 103 1948 … … 104 108 109 109 108 113 108 107 107 108 108 108 1949 … … 108 109 108 108 114 115 116 116 117 119 119 120 1950 … … 120 121 121 122 125 123 122 121 122 125 125 125 1951 … … 127 127 128 131 135 136 140 140 141 143 144 145 1952 … … 150 — — — — — — — — — — — (Prices at 15th January, 1952 = 100) 1952 … … 100 100 101 104 104 109 108 107 106 108 108 109 1953 … … 109 110 111 113 113 114 114 112 111 111 111 110 1954 … … 110 109 112 113 112 114 118 116 115 116 117 118 1955 … … 119 119 119 120 120 125 126 122 124 126 128 127 1956 … … 125 — — — — — — — — — — — Index of Retail Prices (Prices at 17th January, 1956 = 100) 1956 … … 100 100 103 106 104 103 101 102 101 102 103 102 in the price of his food index as from 1945 until the latest convenient stated date.
§ Mr. Iain MacleodYes. The following table gives the available figures: