HC Deb 04 December 1980 vol 995 cc146-7W
Mr. Austin Mitchell

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will bring up to date the figures on consumer prices circulated in the Official Report on 14 November 1979 in reply to a written question from the hon. Member for Grimsby.

Mr. Jim Lester

The latest annual average indices are as follows:

Consumer prices indices 1970=100
1979
Belgium Canada France Germany (FR) Italy Japan Netherlands United States United Kingdom
191 197 221 156 305 219 190 187 306

Source: International Labour Office—Year Book of Labour Statistics