asked the Secretary of State for Employment whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing for 1984 the weight given to expenditure on services and on transport and vehicles in the retail prices index at present compared with 1978, 1970 and 1956.
The information is as follows:
Retail Prices Index Expenditure Weights out of 1,000
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Services
| Transport and vehicles
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| 1956 | 58 | 68 |
| 1970 | 55 | 126 |
| 1978 | 56 | 140 |
| 1984 | 65 | 158 |
asked the Secretary of State for Employment whether he will publish in the Official Report information showing the weight council house rents have in the retail prices index on the same basis as given in the answer of 1 December 1982, Official Report, columns 208–90.
The weight attached to local authority rents in the retail price index for the current year is approximately 28 out of 1,000.