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Written question asked by Laurence Turner (Labour) on Monday, 1 December 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 4 December 2025 (named day). It was answered by Josh Simons (Labour) on Thursday, 4 December 2025 on behalf of the Cabinet Office. UK Statistics Authority was asked to reply.


Supermarkets: Consumer Prices Index and Retail Prices Index

Question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to item 2.1 of the minutes of the 25 April 2025 meeting of the Advisory Panel on Consumer Prices (Stakeholder), what recent progress the Office for National Statistics has made on evaluating the potential impact of the use of groceries scanner data on the headline rates of (a) CPI, (b) CPIH and (c) RPI.

Answer

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

A response to the Hon gentleman’s Parliamentary Question of the 1st December is attached.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
95845
Session
2024-26
Attachment
Letter from the National Statistician
Subjects
Consumer prices index Retail prices index
Link
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