Information on what items of the Department’s revenue and expenditure are uprated using the consumer prices index, the retail prices index, and other measures of inflation could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
There is no presumption of uprating revenue and expenditure items as a matter of course. The Department considers the applicability or otherwise of uprating revenue and expenditure items in the context of inflation management dependent on, but not limited to: the prevailing market conditions; the nature and type of revenue and expenditure; the terms of enabling legislation; fees and charges guidance; the duration of the revenue and expenditure; the appropriate index and indices for the revenue and expenditure category; service performance and delivery and, scheme conditions. Contract clauses where agreed pertaining to inflation management are commercial in confidence.