§ Mr. Fieldasked the Secretary of State for Employment when he intends to produce a revised and updated version of the former Ministry of Labour's booklet "Method of Construction and Calculation of the Index Retail Prices" last published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office in 1967 and now out of print.
§ Mr. WaddingtonA revised version of the booklet is being prepared but resources available are limited and I cannot at present say when it will be completed. Descriptions of changes of method and details of construction, including up-to-date weights, are published inEmployment Gazette and a non-technical description of the index was given in "The unstatistical reader's guide to the Retail Prices Index" published in the Employment Gazette in October 1975.