Index of Retail Prices

HC Deb 07 March 1972 vol 832 c298W

Mr. Harold Walker

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what were the percentage increases in the Index of Retail Prices from mid-December, 1970, to mid-July, 1971, and from mid-July, 1971, to mid-December, 1971.

Mr. Bryan

The percentage increases were as follows:

	per cent.
Mid-December. 1970 to mid-July, 1971	7.0
Mid-July, 1971, to mid-December, 1971	1.9