§ Mr. Knoxasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish in the Official Report the annual index for: (a) the all-items index of retail prices and
510Wcut, 20 cigarettes, a pint of beer and a bottle of whisky.
§ Mr. GoldingFor a married man with two children under the age of 11 and with gross weekly earnings (a) equal to the average for all full-time manual men, the information is as follows:
(b) the food component of the retail price index on the January 1974=100 basis for 1977.
§ Mr. GoldingThe annual average figures for the all-items index and the food component of the General Index of Retail Prices for the period January to December 1977 were 182.0 and 190.3 respectively (January 1974=100).
§ Mr. Knoxasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish, based on information from the retail price index, the average increase or decrease in: (a) the price of alcoholic drink, (b) the price of tobacco, (c) housing. (d) fuel and light, and (e) transport and vehicles in 1977.
§ Mr. GoldingPercentage increases over the period January 1977 to January 511W 1978 in the indices of retail prices are as follows:
Per cent. Change Jan. 1978 on Jan. 1977 Alcoholic drink 8.8 Tobacco 15.3 Housing 6.6 Fuel and light 10.6 Transport and vehicles 11.1
§ Mr. Pardoeasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish in the Official Report an index of retail prices, all items, for each year since 1948, taking
CONSUMER PRICE INDICES 1948=100 United Kingdom United States of America France West Germany Japan 1948 100 100 100 100 100 1949 103 99 116 107 132 1950 106 100 129 100 123 1951 116 108 151 108 143 1952 126 110 169 110 150 1953 130 111 167 108 160 1954 133 112 167 108 170 1955 138 112 169 110 168 1956 145 114 173 112 170 1957 150 118 178 116 174 1958 155 121 203 118 173 1959 156 122 215 119 176 1960 157 124 223 121 182 1961 163 125 230 123 191 1962 170 127 241 127 204 1963 173 128 253 131 219 1964 179 130 266 134 227 1965 187 132 291 138 245 1966 195 136 317 143 258 1967 199 140 351 146 265 1968 209 146 379 148 279 1969 220 154 415 152 294 1970 234 163 445 158 316 1971 256 170 470 166 335 1972 274 175 499 175 351 1973 300 186 535 187 389 1974 347 207 609 200 487 1975 432 225 681 212 545 1976 503 238 746 222 596 1977 583 254 816 231 645 Sources:
International Labour Office "Year Book of Labour Statistics".
Department of Employment Gazette.