§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the average increase in common agricultural policy prices each year since 1972, his estimate of the effect of each annual increase on the food component of the retail price index and the retail price index itself and the actual annual increase in these two figures.
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§ Mr. Peter WalkerThe increases in common agricultural policy prices and in the food and all items retail price indices are set out in the following table. The other information requested is not readily available.
Percentage increases in (a) (b) (b) European Community Institutional Prices United Kingdom Retail Food Price Index United Kingdom All Items Retail Price Index 1973 5.1 15.1 9.2 1974 14.5 18.0 16.1 1975 9.6 25.6 24.2 1976 7.7 20.0 16.5 1977 3.9 19.0 35.8 1978 2.1 7.1 8.3 1979 1.3 12.0 13.4 1980 4.8 12.1 18.0 1981 9.4 8.4 11.9 (a)Percentage increases over previous season in European Community institutional prices, excluding the effects of green rate changes or of transition.
(b)Percentage increases over previous calendar year.