§ Mr. AmessTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many people are currently employed on Government-sponsored training schemes in the Basildon area; and if he will express the figures as a percentage of the total local work force.
Retail prices index—percentage changes over twelve months to January 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 Food 12.6 8.9 11.0 1.9 6.0 3.4 3.2 3.8 2.9 Radio, TV and other household appliances1 9.8 4.3 2.9 0.9 -0.5 -0.8 0.0 -2.8 n.a. Electrical appliances n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 2.8 Audio-visual equipment2 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. -4.7 (Purchase of) motor vehicles2 11.6 6.5 6.1 3.8 3.7 -0.6 2.2 6.2 6.9 Men's outer clothing3 15.1 6.1 0.1 0.7 -1.2 3.1 2.9 1.5 1.6 Women's outer clothing3 3.7 1.1 -1.5 0.3 -2.7 2.3 3.8 0.9 -0.8 Children's clothing3 8.9 5.2 3.2 4.0 5.3 6.7 2.5 3.3 1.0 1 No figure for electrical goods is available. This heading is the most closely comparable, and includes gas appliances. 2 From February 1987 the definition of some components were changed. These figures show the annual change in prices for January 1988. 3 No figure for textiles is available and figures for various types of clothing are therefore given.