Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of the impact of inflation on the average price of a (a) turkey, (b) Christmas pudding, (c) bottle of brandy and (d) Christmas cracker in each of the last three years.

The Office for National Statistics are responsible for collecting and publishing official statistics including inflation. Where data for these items are collected they can be found online here: https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/inflationandpriceindices/datasets/consumerpriceinflation or alternatively in ONS’s shopping price comparison tool, which can be found online here: https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/inflationandpriceindices/articles/shoppingpricescomparisontool/2023-05-03.