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Written Question
Retail Prices Index
Tuesday 13th September 2022

Asked by: Andrew Lewer (Conservative - Northampton South)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the methodology for calculating the Retail Price Index used at the Budget statements of (a) 27 October 2021, (b) 3 March 2021 and (c) 11 March 2020.

Answered by Edward Argar

The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.

A response to the hon. Member's Parliamentary Question of 2 September is attached.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 09 Sep 2022
Tributes to Her Late Majesty The Queen

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 13 Jul 2022
Oral Answers to Questions

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 24 May 2022
Oral Answers to Questions

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 24 May 2022
Oral Answers to Questions

"Next month I will be visiting Northampton Community Law Service, which has proved indispensable to many of my constituents. What steps are being taken to ensure sufficient funding streams for areas of specialist legal advice and support that are proving to be the most in demand amid the cost of …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 31 Mar 2022
Oral Answers to Questions

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 31 Mar 2022
Oral Answers to Questions

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 19 Jan 2022
Oral Answers to Questions

"Q11. I recently attended a debate held by my hon. Friend the Member for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine (Andrew Bowie) seeking a central London memorial for the Photographic Reconnaissance Unit. In it, I referenced my constituent, the Mosquito pilot Mr George Pritchard, who is 98 next week and is one …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 09 Nov 2021
Photographic Reconnaissance Unit: National Memorial

"I apologise for interrupting my hon. Friend’s peroration so early; I am sure it will be excellent. However, I did not want to allow the opportunity to go by without expressing my gratitude to my hon. Friend for his reference to George Pritchard, who is a resident of Duston in …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 20 Jan 2021
Oral Answers to Questions

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