Unemployment and Inflation

HC Deb 24 February 1997 vol 291 c15W

Mr. Peter Bottomley

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the percentage change in(a) unemployment and (b) inflation in each of the past 25 years. [16107]

Mrs. Angela Knight

This information requested falls within the responsibility of the chief executive of the Office for National Statistics. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.

Letter from Tim Holt to Mr. Peter Bottomley, dated 25 February 1997: The Chancellor of the Exchequer has asked me to reply as the Director of the Office for National Statistics to your recent question on the percentage change in unemployment and inflation in each of the past 25 years. The unemployment data requested is available from the Nomis database which is accessible in the House of Commons Library. The inflation data requested is published in the Retail Prices Index Business Monitor (MM23). A copy of this publication is available in the House of Commons Library.