HC Deb 10 December 1956 vol 562 cc19-20W
Mr. de Freitas

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the internal purchasing value of the £ sterling based on the Interim Index of Retail prices in

INDEX NUMBERS OF WHOLESALE PRICES
30th June, 1949=100
— Drugs and pharmaceutical preparations Clothing and footwear Manufactured foodstuffs Domestic electrical appliances Furniture
June, 1950 … 94.6 102.9 … 100.2 99.8
June, 1951 … 103.4 128.4 117.8 107.8 114.0
June, 1952 … 104.7 112.8 132.1 115.8 113.2
June, 1953 … 102.6 113.9 137.2 112.5 108.4
June, 1954 … 102.7 114.3 136.6 110.5 104.9
June, 1955 … 102.4 113.3 143.3 112.5 106.2
June, 1956 … 105.2 115.1 146.8 112.4 110.9
October, 1956 … 102.4 115.8* 150.5* 112.7 111.3*
*Provisional.

October, 1956, 1955, 1954, 1953 and 1952, taking the value in October, 1951 as 20s.

Mr. H. Macmillan

The figures are as follows:

s. d.
October, 1956 … … 16 4
October, 1955 … … 17 0
October, 1954 … … 17 11
October, 1953 … … 18 5
October, 1952 … … 18 8
October, 1951 … … 20 0