§ Mr. Knoxasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer by what percentage (a) the retail price index and (b) the tax and prices index rose in the 12-month periods to the beginning of each month since May 1979.
§ Mr. Ian StewartThe information requested is given in the following tables:
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1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 July +15.6 +16.9 +10.9 +8.7 +4.2 +4.5 — August +15.8 +16.3 +11.5 +8.0 +4.6 +5.0 — September +16.5 +15.9 +11.4 +7.3 +5.1 +4.7 — October +17.2 +15.4 +11.7 +6.8 +5.0 +5.0 — November +17.4 +15.3 +12.0 +6.3 +4.8 +4.9 — December +17.2 +15.1 +12.0 +5.4 +5.3 +4.6 — Tax and Price Index January — +16.1 +14.0 +15.6 +5.2 +4.2 +3.8 February' — +16.9 +13.2 +14.4 +5.7 +4.2 +4.3 March — +17.6 +13.4 +13.7 +4.8 +4.4 +5.0 April — *+18.4 +15.7 +9.7 +3.5 +4.1 +6.4 May *+12.6 *+18.5 +15.3 +9.8 +3.1 +4.1 +6.5 June *+13.8 *+17.4 +14.9 +9.4 +3.0 +4.0 +6.4 July +13.2 +18.5 +14.3 +9.6 +3.1 +3.3 — August +13.4 +17.8 +14.9 +8.7 +3.6 +3.8 — September +14.1 +17.3 +14.9 +7.9 +4.2 +3.5 — October +14.8 +16.8 +15.2 +7.4 +4.0 +3.8 — November +15.1 +16.6 +15.6 +6.7 +3.9 +3.7 — December +14.9 +16.4 +15.6 +5.8 +4.4 +3.3 — * These figures are affected by the late timing of the 1979 Budget: the changes introduced by that Budget are included in the Tax and Price Index from July 1979. Source: CSO, Economic Trends.