Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (Hansard, 24 June 2003)

HC Deb 24 June 2003 vol 407 c728W 728W

§ Claire Ward
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the impact upon inflation-linked pensions of the adoption of the harmonised index of consumer prices.[121051]

§ Dawn Primarolo
In his statement on 9 June the Chancellor confirmed that pensions and benefits and index-linked gilts would be calculated on exactly the same basis as now. The Chancellor had previously made clear that the Treasury review of the inflation target was being examined from a monetary policy perspective.