General Index of Retail Prices

HC Deb 28 March 1972 vol 834 c42W

Mr. Dixon

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what have been the percentage increases in the Retail Price Index for all items except seasonal food, compared with six months earlier, for April, 1970, May, 1970 and June, 1970 and for December, 1971, January, 1972 and February, 1972.

Mr. Higgins

The percentage increases in the General Index of Retail Prices for "all items except seasonal food", compared with six months earlier were 3.6 per cent. for April, 1970, 3.7 per cent. for May, 1970, and 3.5 per cent. for June, 1970. The corresponding figures for December, 1971, and January and February, 1972, were 2.9 per cent., 2.6 per cent. and 2.8 per cent., respectively.