HC Deb 10 December 1975 vol 902 c256W
Mr. Adley

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the current rate of inflation, for the latest period for which comparable figures are available, using the same basis for his calculations which produced an inflation rate of 8.4 per cent. during the period of the last election.

Mr. Joel Barnett

The rate of increase in the retail price index in the three months to October expressed as an annual rate was 12.1 per cent.