HC Deb 10 December 1976 vol 922 cc375-6W
Mr. Sillars

asked the Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection what was the retail price index at the start of the present Government's incomes policy; and what has been the percentage increase since then.

Mr. Maclennan

In July 1975 the Retail Price Index stood at 138.5— January 1974=100. By October 1976 it had increased by 18.1 per cent. to 163.5.

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