HC Deb 12 December 1972 vol 848 cc106-7W
Mr. Arthur Lewis

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list the places where the Government publish details about price movements.

Sir G. Howe: Price movements are published by the Government in the following publications:

Monthly Index of Retail Prices—Department of Employment Gazette and Monthly Digest of Statistics. Index numbers of wholesale prices—Trade and Industry Monthly Digest of Statistics. Index numbers of agricultural prices—Monthly Digest of Statistics, Agricultural Statistics, United Kingdom.

Quarterly Index of new house prices—Monthly Bulletin of Construction Statistics, and Monthly Digest of Statistics.

Annually Index numbers of wholesale prices—Annual Abstract of Statistics. Average indices and prices of selected commodities—Trade and Industry Annual Abstract of Statistics. Index of retail prices—Annual Abstract of Statistics Social Trends. Index of new house prices—Social Trends. Index numbers of agricultural prices—Annual Abstract of Statistics.