§ Mr. LawsonTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish a table showing, for each quarter from the first quarter of 1979 to the first quarter of 1991, the annual percentage increase on the following indices: the retail prices index, the retail prices index excluding mortgage interest payments, the retail prices index excluding mortgage interest payments, rates and the community charge, the tax and prices index, the TPI excluding mortgage interest payments, the TPI excluding mortgage interest payments, rates and the community charge, producer output prices, the gross domestic product deflator, average earnings, whole economy, underlying, and the Institute for Fiscal Studies inflation index.
§ Mr. Norman Lamont[holding answer 22 April 1991]: The table gives the available information. The tax and price index is not available excluding mortgage interest payments or the community charge rates. I refer my right hon. Friend to the written answer I gave to him today for the gross domestic product deflator.
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Percentage increase on a year earlier Date Retail prices index RPI excluding mortgage interest payments RPI less MIPs and community charge/rates Tax and price index Producer output prices Average earnings whole economy underlying RPI using new measure of housing costs (IFS) 1979 Q1 9.6 8.7 8.6 6.4 8.7 — — Q2 10.7 9.5 9.4 12.9 10.1 — — Q3 16.0 15.1 15.0 13.6 11.6 — — Q4 17.2 16.5 16.5 14.9 12.8 — — 1980 Q1 19.1 18.0 17.9 16.9 14.9 20¼ — Q2 21.5 20.5 20.3 18.1 15.5 21¾ — Q3 16.4 15.3 15.0 17.9 13.7 21¼ — Q4 15.3 14.2 13.8 16.6 12.3 18¼ — 1981 Q1 12.7 12.7 12.4 13.5 10.3 16 — Q2 11.7 12.2 11.8 15.3 9.5 13¼ — Q3 11.3 11.8 11.4 14.7 8.9 11½ — Q4 11.9 12.1 11.4 15.5 9.5 11¼ — 1982 Q1 11.1 10.7 10.4 14.6 9.5 10¾ — Q2 9.4 9.0 8.8 9.7 7.6 10 — Q3 8.0 7.7 7.4 8.7 7.4 9 — Q4 6.2 6.8 6.8 6.6 6.5 8½ — 1983 Q1 5.0 6.3 5.9 5.2 5.3 8 — Q2 3.8 4.6 4.6 3.2 5.7 7½ — Q3 4.6 5.0 5.0 3.6 5.4 7¾ — Q4 5.1 4.9 4.8 4.1 5.6 8 — 1984 Q1 5.2 4.5 4.5 4.3 5.3 7¾ — Q2 5.1 4.9 4.9 4.1 5.8 7¾ — Q3 4.7 4.2 4.2 3.5 5.6 7½ — Q4 4.8 4.1 4.0 3.6 5.5 7½ — 1985 Q1 5.5 4.8 4.7 4.4 5.6 7½ — Q2 7.0 5.3 5.2 6.4 5.3 7½ — Q3 6.3 5.4 5.2 5.7 5.2 7½ — Q4 5.5 5.2 5.0 4.4 5.1 7½ — 1986 Q1 4.9 4.5 4.4 3.8 4.7 7½ — Q2 2.8 3.3 2.9 0.9 4.3 7½ — Q3 2.6 3.3 2.9 0.7 4.1 7½ — Q4 3.4 3.4 3.0 2.0 4.0 7½ — 1987 Q1 4.0 3.7 3.3 2.7 4.0 7½ — Q2 4.2 3.6 3.4 2.5 3.6 7¾ — Q3 4.3 3.6 3.5 2.6 3.8 7¾ — Q4 4.1 4.0 3.8 2.4 4.1 8¼ — 1988 Q1 3.4 3.7 3.5 1.4 3.8 8½ 4.3 Q2 4.2 4.4 4.3 2.1 4.3 8¾ 5.1 Q3 5.4 5.1 4.9 3.4 4.9 9¼ 6.2 Q4 6.5 5.1 5.0 4.6 4.9 8¾ 6.4 1989 Q1 7.7 5.6 5.5 5.9 5.2 9¼ 6.8 Q2 8.2 6.0 5.9 8.4 5.0 9 6.9 Q3 7.7 5.8 5.6 7.8 5.1 9 6.4 Q4 7.6 6.1 5.9 6.3 5.2 9¼ 6.3 1990 Q1 7.8 6.2 6.0 6.5 5.4 9½ 5.9 Q2 9.7 8.1 6.8 7.9 6.3 9¾ 6.5 Q3 10.4 9.0 7.7 8.8 5.9 10 7.1 Q4 10.0 9.2 8.0 9.7 5.9 9¾ 7.3 1991 Q1 8.7 8.5 7.4 8.2 6.3 — 6.8