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Mr. Knox
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing for each month since January 1972 the then current rate of inflation based on the same basis as his computation of 8.4 per cent. in October 1974 and include in the table the precise number of weeks on which the calculation is based.
Mr. Dell
Following is the information:
| Three-month increase in the RPI at an annual rate | Number of weeks on which the calculation is based | ||
| 1972— | |||
| January | … | 6·8 | 13 |
| February | … | 6·0 | 14 |
| March | … | 5·3 | 14 |
| April | … | 7·2 | 13 |
| May | … | 7·8 | 12 |
| June | … | 8·8 | 13 |
| July | … | 6·1 | 13 |
| August | … | 6·8 | 14 |
| September | … | 6·8 | 13 |
| October | … | 11·4 | 13 |
| November | … | 10·3 | 12 |
| December | … | 10·3 | 12 |
| 1973— | |||
| January | … | 6·3 | 13 |
| February | … | 7·0 | 14 |
| March | … | 7·2 | 14 |
| April | … | 13·2 | 13 |
| May | … | 13·6 | 13 |
| June | … | 13·3 | 13 |
| July | … | 7·0 | 13 |
| August | … | 5·0 | 13 |
| September | … | 6·6 | 13 |
| October | … | 13·3 | 13 |
| November | … | 16·9 | 12 |
| December | … | 16·2 | 12 |
| 1974— | |||
| January | … | 14·5 | 13 |
| February | … | 17·5 | 14 |
| March | … | 18·1 | 14 |
| April | … | 24·6 | 14 |
| May | … | 25·3 | 13 |
| June | … | 26·0 | 13 |
| July | … | 15·5 | 12 |
| August | … | 8·4 | 13 |
| September | … | 8·7 | 13 |
| October | … | 13·4 | 13 |
| November | … | 23·2 | 12 |
| December | … | 25·1 | 12 |
| 1975— | |||
| January | … | 25·9 | 13 |
| February | … | 23·4 | 14 |
| March | … | 25·6 | 14 |
| April | … | 34·4 | 13 |