§ Mr. Knoxasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish, based information from the retail price index,
PERCENTAGE CHANGES DURING YEARS 1945 TO 1976 IN THE INDICES OF RETAIL PRICES UNITED KINGDOM Percentages Change during year (January to January) Alcoholic drink Tobacco Housing Fuel and light Transport and vehicles 1945 … — — — 3.8 — 1946 … — — — 1.5 — 1947 … — — — 10.8 — 1948 … — — — 4.2 — 1949 … — — — 1.1 — 1950 … — — — 6.3 — 1951 … — — — 14.6 — 1952 … 1.0 0.0 — 4.5 — 1953 … 0.5 0.3 — 5.9 — 1954 … 1.0 0.0 — 3.8 — 1955 … 0.6 2.6 — 11.1 — 1956 … 2.6 5.3 5.0 6.2 9.5 1957 … 3.1 2.4 12.1 8.9 3.0 1958 … 0.1 0.0 6.9 0.9 0.5 1959 … -7.4 0.3 2.8 2.1 2.3 1960 … 0.3 4.6 3.6 5.7 3.8 1961 … 10.0 9.3 4.9 3.8 5.2 1962 … 0.9 0.0 5.5 6.5 -0.4 1963 … 2.3 0.0 5.1 3.4 1.0 1964 … 7.5 9.5 4.7 4.3 3.3 1965 … 7.3 10.3 6.5 4.3 5.0 1966 … 5.4 -0.1 6.1 4.3 1.6 1967 … -0.3 0.1 5.6 6.2 2.7 1968 … 7.8 11.8 3.7 4.4 7.3 1969 … 6.2 0.5 4.8 5.0 12.6 1970 … 5.8 2.1 9.0 5.0 12.6 1971 … 1.9 -0.1 8.9 10.2 7.5 1972 … 6.0 2.3 14.0 6.0 5.0 1973 … 1.7 0.4 10.5 5.8 9.8 1974 … 18.2 24.0 10.3 24.9 30.3 1975 … 26.1 31.1 22.2 35.1 20.5 1976 … 16.6 18.8 14.3 17.8 13.9 Sources: The figures are derived from:
(i) The General Index of Retail Prices 1956 to date. Since 1962 the weights for this index have been updated annually.
(ii) The Interim Index of Retail Prices June 1947 to January 1956.
(iii) The Cost of Living Index 1914 to June 1947.