Cost of Living

HC Deb 29 November 1968 vol 774 c202W

Mrs. Ewing

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the official estimate of the rise in the cost of living of just over 11 per cent. between 1st January, 1963 and 1st January, 1966 applies to both Scotland and England.

Mr. Harold Lever

The figures relate to the United Kingdom as a whole.

Mrs. Ewing

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the cost-of-living indices for November, 1965 of 113.6 per cent. and for April, 1968 of 1248 per cent. apply to both Scotland and England.

Mr. Harold Lever

The figures relate to the United Kingdom as a whole.