§ Mr. BlunkettTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish his best estimates of the effects on the retail prices index in 1990–91 of(a) the introduction of the community charge and (b) the combined impact of non-domestic property revaluation and the introduction of the uniform business rate.
§ Mr. Ryder[holding answer 30 January 1990]: The Autumn Statement forecast is for RPI annual inflation to fall to 5¾ per cent. by the fourth quarter of 1990. It is not the practice to provide more detail than published in table 2.7 of the Autumn Statement.