HC Deb 01 July 1975 vol 894 cc388-92W
Mr. Knox

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish in the Official Report comparative figures for the rate of inflation for each member State of the EEC to those which he published in the Official Report of 13th June 1975 [Written Answers, column 262–3], in response to the Question from the hon. Member for Leek.

Mr. Dell

Following is the information:

THREE MONTH INCREASE IN CONSUMER PRICE INDICES AT AN ANNUAL RATE
Belgium France Germany Italy Luxembourg Netherlands, Denmark Ireland*
1972—
January … 5.1 4.6 7.7 4.8 5.3 5.2 5.0 —
February … 5.7 5.5 7.7 5.4 5.0 8.7 2.5 9.1
March … 4.7 5.2 8.6 5.1 4.0 9.8 7.5 —
April … 4.1 5.4 5.0 4.1 2.7 12.7 7.5 —
May … 2.6 5.4 4.3 4.6 3.0 10.4 10.1 6.4
June … 6.2 6.0 4.6 3.0 7.1 7.9 9.9 —
July … 7.7 7.9 6.3 7.6 9.6 0.7 7.3 —
August … 8.0 7.8 5.2 6.4 9.6 2.4 4.8 11.6
September … 6.4 8.2 6.7 8.2 6.6 5.3 7.2 —
October … 6.0 8.5 6.2 11.3 5.4 12.3 7.2 —
November … 8.2 8.8 8.5 12.0 6.3 11.1 11.1 6.1
December … 8.5 8.4 6.2 9.6 5.9 8.1 10.9 —
1973—
January … 9.6 4.6 8.8 9.5 5.1 5.2 7.1 —
February … 9.2 3.2 9.5 10.9 5.1 5.1 7.1 16.7
March … 6.9 3.2 10.2 13.9 5.0 8.3 7.0 —
April … 5.7 6.0 8.6 13.7 7.0 14.3 10.7 —
May … 4.6 8.9 8.1 15.5 10.6 13.5 14.3 12.6
June … 6.0 10.0 8.5 14.5 9.4 10.2 14.1 —
July … 5.3 10.6 5.2 12.6 4.9 1.9 14.0 —
August … 6.0 9.4 2.4 8.8 0.7 2.3 6.7 9.9
September … 5.6 10.1 1.4 7.4 1.0 5.5 10.1 —
October … 6.6 11.1 3.4 8.3 4.2 10.6 10.0 —
November … 7.9 12.1 8.6 10.7 6.3 10.2 17.1 11.5
December … 10.9 10.9 12.3 14.5 9.5 8.1 16.8 —
Belgium France Germany Italy Luxembourg Netherlands Denmark Ireland*
1974—
January … 13.0 13.6 11.8 18.3 10.5 6.1 23.9 —
February … 15.8 15.6 10.2 20.3 16.0 8.0 16.4 20.0
March … 15.6 18.0 7.7 26.4 14.7 13.6 19.8 —
April … 16.9 17.7 7.3 26.4 16.4 15.9 6.1 —
May … 17.7 17.1 6.2 24.9 12.2 13.4 20.8 24.2
June … 18.9 16.9 6.5 20.0 10.3 8.7 17.9 —
July … 18.7 15.3 5.2 25.8 9.5 4.8 12.7 —
August … 18.0 13.4 3.2 28.9 6.4 6.0 7.6 16.2
September … 17.4 13.3 2.9 35.8 7.7 11.3 11.5 —
October … 15.1 13.1 4.1 33.9 7.3 15.4 14.2 —
November … 13.6 13.6 6.4 31.1 11.3 15.6 19.1 19.6
December … 9.0 12.5 6.4 19.4 12.2 10.1 15.1 —
1975—
January … 11.7 12.1 8.0 15.2 10.8 7.2 11.0 —
February … 12.2 11.4 7.3 13.6 12.3 5.1 5.2 36.2
March … 12.2 11.3 7.9 12.2 12.3 11.3 4.9 —
April … 12.2 10.5 7.4 12.2 14.4 12.7 5.7 —
* Only quarterly figures are available.

Source: OECD.