Inflation

HC Deb 19 June 1991 vol 193 cc177-8W

Mr. Cox

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the inflation rate in the United Kingdom in each quarter since October 1979.

Mr. Maples

Following is the information:

Retail prices index—percentage increases on a year earlier.
Year	Quarter 1	Quarter 2	Quarter 3	Quarter 4
1979	—	—	—	17.3
1980	19.1	21.5	16.4	15.3
1981	12.7	11.7	11.3	11.9
1982	11.1	9.4	8.0	6.2
1983	5.0	3.8	4.6	5.1
1984	5.2	5.1	4.7	4.8
1985	5.5	7.0	6.3	5.5
1986	4.9	2.8	2.6	3.4
1987	3.9	4.2	4.3	4.1
1988	3.4	4.3	5.5	6.5
1989	7.7	8.2	7.7	7.6
1990	7.8	9.7	10.4	10.0
1991	8.7	—	—	—