Inflation
(asked on 29th March 2017) - View Source
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, given their use of the Consumer Price Index to calculate increases in pensions and benefits, what assessment they have made of the impact on consumers of the Retail Price Index being used by private companies to determine price increases.
This question was answered on 7th April 2017
The government has not made an assessment of the impact on consumers of the Retail Prices Index being used by private companies.
The government has not made an assessment of the impact on consumers of the Retail Prices Index being used by private companies.