HC Deb 24 March 1981 vol 1 cc303-4W
Mr. Dykes

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he is able to discern particular trends and patterns in the unemployment situation in the Greater London area which differ from the rest of the United Kingdom.

member states of the following goods and items: one litre of milk, one litre of beer, one litre of wine, one kilo of chuck steak, one kilo of fresh cod, one kilo of fresh herrings, 12 eggs, one kilo of apples, one kilo of oranges, one kilo of bananas, one kilo of tomatoes, one kilo of potatoes, one kilo of standard bread, one kilo of sugar, 20 cigarettes, 50 kilometres of commuter return rail travel and 15 kilometres of commuter return bus travel.

Mr. Waddington

The following table gives the latest available information, based on surveys carried out in 1975 and 1979. A survey of prices in 1980 was carried out by the Statistical Office of the European Community and the results are expected to be published at about the end of 1981.

Mr. Peter Morrison

I shall reply to my hon. Friend as soon as possible.