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Mr. Skinner
asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish the General Index of Retail Prices for each year since 1945.
Mr. Bryan
The general retail prices index figures for the years 1948 to 1971, with the average level at 17th June, 1947, taken as 100, are as follows:
| 1948 | 108 |
| 1949 | 111 |
| 1950 | 114 |
| 1951 | 125 |
| 1952 | 136 |
| 1953 | 140 |
| 1954 | 143 |
| 1955 | 149 |
| 1956 | 157 |
| 1957 | 162 |
| 1958 | 167 |
| 1959 | 168 |
| 1960 | 170 |
| 1961 | 176 |
| 1962 | 183 |
| 1963 | 187 |
| 1964 | 193 |
| 1965 | 202 |
| 1966 | 210 |
| 1967 | 215 |
| 1968 | 225 |
| 1969 | 238 |
| 1970 | 253 |
| 1971 (January to October) | 275 |