Written question asked by Clive Betts (Labour) on Wednesday, 15 December 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 21 December 2010. It was answered by Steve Webb (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 21 December 2010 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.
Pensions: Consumer Price Index
- Question
- To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will publish each policy paper which informed his decision to uprate pensions and benefits in line with the consumer price index rather than the retail price index.
- Answer
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The decision to uprate pensions and benefits in line with the consumer prices index rather than the retail prices index was based on a range of factors including the fact that the CPI is the headline measure of inflation in Great Britain, and the coverage and methodology of each index. Policy advice to Ministers is not generally published.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 32062; 520 c1195W
- Session
- 2010-12
- Subjects
- Pensions Social security benefits State retirement pensions Uprating Consumer prices index
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