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Treasury;Office for National Statistics

Answer

Bob Spink: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer by how much the (a) housing cost and (b) general inflation indices changed in each of the last 10 years. [190974] Mr. Timms: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply. Letter from Len Cook to Mr. Robert Spink, dated 20 October 2004: As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your question, by how much the (a) housing cost and (b) general inflation indices changed in each of the last 10 years. (190974) The following table gives the annual average index numbers for housing costs and for the All Items Retail Prices Index (RPI) for the years 1994-2003, along with the corresponding annual percentage changes. The RPI provides the most appropriate basis for such comparisons because the Consumer Prices Index excludes most elements of owner-occupier housing costs. The figures for 2004 will become available with the release of the December figures on 18th January 2005. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. RPI (Housing)1 RPI (All items) Index Percentage Index Percentage 1994 156.0 3.3 144.1 2.4 1995 166.4 6.7 149.1 3.5 1996 168.6 1.3 152.7 2.4 1997 179.6 6.5 157.5 3.1 1998 195.4 8.8 162.9 3.4 1999 196.9 0.8 165.4 1.5 2000 214.4 8.9 170.3 3.0 2001 221.1 3.1 173.3 1.8 2002 226.9 2.6 176.2 1.7 2003 244.1 7.6 181.3 2.9 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Includes rent, mortgage interest payments, depreciation, council tax and rates, water and other charges, repairs and maintenance charges, do-it-yourself materials and dwellings insurance and ground rent.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

190974; 425 c702-3W

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Costs Housing Inflation Prices Retail prices index

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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