HC Deb 10 December 1968 vol 775 cc104-5W
Mrs. Ewing

asked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity when the inter-departmental committee to which the technical problems involved in the calculation of regional prices indices has been referred was set up; who are the present members of the committee; and on what dates and where their meetings have taken place.

Mr. Hattersley

The Committee was set up in July, 1968. The members are:

Professor Sir Roy Allen, C.B.E., Professor of Statistics, London University.

Professor A. J. Brown, Professor of Economics, Leeds University.

Officials representing the following:

  • Board of Trade.
  • Central Statistical Office.
  • Department of Economic Affairs.
  • Department of Employment and Productivity.
  • Department of Health and Social Security.
  • Government Social Survey.
  • Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.
  • Ministry of Housing and Local Government.
  • Northern Ireland Cabinet Office.
  • Scottish Statistical Office.
  • Welsh Office.

The Committee has held one meeting, on 12th November, 1968, in London.