§ Mr. Hooleyasked the Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection if she will list in the Official Report the increase in the retail price index between 1964 and 1975, taking 1964 as 100, and the increases over the same period of (a) charges for letters, (b) charges for parcels, and (c) charges for telephone services, again with 1964 as the 100 base.
§ Mr. MaclennanThe information which is taken from the General Index of Retail Prices, is as follows:
1964 17th June 1975 Percentage increase Retail price index (all items) 100 245.8 145.8 Postal services 100 476 376 Telephones etc. 100 225 125 The General Index of Retail Prices is based on average household expenditure on goods and services.