§ Mr. Craigenasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish in the Official Report the annual changes in the tax and prices index since its introduction.
§ Mr. RidleyThe tax and price index for May 1983 was 172.7 based on January 1978=100, an increase of 3.2 per cent. over the 12 months since May 1982. For the index for earlier months, I refer the hon. Member to table 19.1 in theMonthly Digest of Statistics, a copy of which is in the Library.