§ Mr. Rookerasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish a breakdown of the retail price index section headed "Meals Bought and Consumed Outside the Home", showing the various subsections and the weights attached to each.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkExpenditure on "meals out" accounts, in 1984, for a weight of 36 out of 1,000 within the retail prices index. This is made up as follows:
Weight Restaurant meals 20.16 Take-away meals and snacks 7.20 Canteen meals 6.12 State school meals 2.52 36.00