§ Mr. Knoxasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will publish an index of the prices of nationalised industry products from January 1962 to the most recent date available.
§ Mr. Joel BarnettThere is no common index for the nationalised industries. The 489W available indices for the principal industries in terms of goods or services for the home market are as follows:
Steel* Rail Transport January 1962 … 98.0 100 (average for 1962=100) January 1963 … 100.3 105 January 1964 … 100.6 107 January 1965 … 101.4 114 January 1966 … 102.8 119 January 1967 … 106.3 126 January 1968 … 107.0 126 January 1969 … 108.0 135 January 1970 … 121.8 141 January 1971 … 135.2 153 January 1972 … 144.5 174 January 1973 … 151.7 187 January 1974 … 186.5 190 January 1975 … 278.9 230 March 1975 … 294.8 246
Inland Postal Services Inland Tele-communications 1961–62 … 100 100 1962–63 … 104.2 104.5 1963–64 … 104.3 107.2 1964–65 … 104.3 105.9 1965–66 … 126.6 104.6 1966–67 … 134.6 102.3 1967–68 … 138.4 102.3 1968–69 … 148.9 109.9 1969–70 … 157.0 115.1 1970.71 … 165.2 127.5 1971–72 … 225.4 128.5 1972–73 … 233.8 129.8 1973–74 … 254.9 140.5 (Includes VAT) 1974–75 … 323.7 Not available
Domestic Coal and Coke Domestic Gas Domestic Electricity January 1962 100 100 100 1962† 101 103 102 1963 105 105 109 1964 107 109 114 1965 111 110 123 1966 122 113 127 1967 127 114 130 1968 133 122 145 1969 140 127 145 1970 162 126 146 1971 181 137 161 1972 200 145 172 1973 208 146 175 1974 231 154 212 15th April 1975 303 175 270 *Includes private sector products. † The figures for the years 1962–1974 are monthly averages.