Index for All Final Goods and Services and Index of Retail Prices

HC Deb 15 February 1971 vol 811 c352W

Mr. Spence

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether any allowance is made for two-part tariffs in the compilation of the Index for All Final Goods and Services and the Index of Retail Prices.

Mr. Higgins

Yes. My hon. Friend will find a detailed explanation of the treatment of two-part tariffs on page 165 of "National Accounts Statistics: Sources and Methods", and on page 16 of the booklet "Method of Construction and Calculation of the Index of Retail Prices".