§ Mr. Hal Millerasked the Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection how many price increases were pre-notified to the Price Commission; and how many profit margins were reported in Categories I and II in 1974 and 1975 in each of the trading sectors.
§ Mr. Robert MaclennanFigures for calendar years are not available and could not be extracted without disproportionate expense. The figures for each year to the end of November are as follows:
1974 1975 Number of prenotifications Category I … 2,931 3,395 Category II … 7,128 4,590 Total … 10,059 7,985 Number of profit margin returns Category I … 2,409 1,666 Category II … 6,678 5,567 Distributors … 2,748 2,583 Total … 11,835 10,116