HC Deb 17 December 1992 vol 216 cc373-4W
Mr. Ralph Howell

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will set out the rate of inflation in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland for each year since March 1979.

Mr. Nelson

The table gives the annual average inflation rates for the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland from 1979 to 1991.

United Kingdom Republic of Ireland
1979 13.4 13.3
1980 18.0 18.2
1981 11.9 20.4
1982 8.6 17.1
1983 4.6 10.5
1984 5.0 8.7
1985 6.1 5.4
1986 3.4 3.8
1987 4.2 3.2
1988 4.9 2.1
1989 7.8 4.1

United Kingdom Republic of Ireland
1990 95 3.2
1991 5.9 3.1