§ Mr. Knoxasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing for each month since January 1972 the then current rate of inflation based on the same 263W basis as his computation of 8.4 per cent. in October 1974 and include in the table the precise number of weeks on which the calculation is based.
§ Mr. DellFollowing is the information:
Three-month increase in the RPI at an annual rate Number of weeks on which the calculation is based 1972— January … 6.8 13 February … 6.0 14 March … 5.3 14 April … 7.2 13 May … 7.8 12 June … 8.8 13 July … 6.1 13 August … 6.8 14 September … 6.8 13 October … 11.4 13 November … 10.3 12 December … 10.3 12 1973— January … 6.3 13 February … 7.0 14 March … 7.2 14 April … 13.2 13 May … 13.6 13 June … 13.3 13 July … 7.0 13 August … 5.0 13 September … 6.6 13 October … 13.3 13 November … 16.9 12 December … 16.2 12 1974— January … 14.5 13 February … 17.5 14 March … 18.1 14 April … 24.6 14 May … 25.3 13 June … 26.0 13 July … 15.5 12 August … 8.4 13 September … 8.7 13 October … 13.4 13 November … 23.2 12 December … 25.1 12 1975— January … 25.9 13 February … 23.4 14 March … 25.6 14 April … 34.4 13 These calculations relate to the RPI based on January 1962=100 for the period up to December 1974, and to the RPI based on January 1974=100 for the subsequent period.