§ Mr. Goldingasked the Secretary of State for Employment by how much the Index of Retail Prices increased between 18th November and 15th December, 1970.
§ Mr. BryanThe General Index of Retail Prices rose from 144.0 at 17th November, 1970, to 145.0 at 15th December, 1970, that is by 0.7 per cent.
§ Miss Quennellasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish the rise in the cost of living index, all items, as a monthly table, showing the alteration for each of the 12 months of 1970.
§ Mr. BryanThe following table shows the General Index of Retail Prices all-items figure for each month in 1970 and 45W the percentage change in the figure compared with that for the previous month.
All-items index 16th January 1962=100 Percentage change compared with previous month 20th January … 135.5 +0.8 17th February … 136.2 +0.5 17th March … 137.0 +0.6 21st April … 139.1 +1.5 19th May … 139.5 +0.3 16th June … 139.9 +0.3 21st July … 140.9 +0.7 18th August … 140.8 –0.1 22nd September … 141.5 +0.5 20th October … 143.0 +1.1 17th November … 144.0 +0.7 15th December … 145.0 +0.7