The Consumer Prices Index:
Goods and Services Indices and Special Aggregates
Brian Rushton, Consumer Prices and General Inflation Division, ONS
E-mail: [email protected]
James Knipe, Consumer Prices and General Inflation Division, ONS
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Summary
New presentations of CPI data will be published with the February 2005 index, with additional
tables appearing in both the Consumer Price Indices First Release and Focus on Consumer Price
Indices. These tables provide a detailed analysis of the goods and services components of the
CPI, special aggregates, and related measures of the all items CPI excluding various components.
All figures are calculated from already published CPI indices, and provide users with additional
series for analysing trends in UK inflation. The new tables satisfy a clear demand from users for
additional analyses of CPI data, and build upon statistics of this kind that are published by Eurostat
for all Member States of the European Union. A full time series of the new data, from January 1996
onwards, is available to download.
Introduction
Starting from the publication of the February 2005 index, Table 5 of the Consumer Price Indices
First Release provides data for a series of new CPI goods and services sub-indices and special
aggregates, with Table 6 providing data for higher level goods and services categories. The indices
in Table 6 of the First Release are broadly similar to those published in Table 9 for the RPI,
although, as described later, due to differences in classification they are not directly comparable.
Five new tables are also included in Focus on Consumer Price Indices. These tables provide a
longer time series of indices and annual percentage changes for the aggregates included in Table
5 of the Consumer Price Indices First Release, as well as annual average indices, percentage
changes and a full history of weights.
The special aggregate indices being published relate to areas of the CPI where prices are typically
more volatile or are influenced by specific factors such as changes in commodity prices, including
oil (eg fuels and seasonal food) or government policy changes (eg alcohol and tobacco that are
subject to duty). CPI indices which exclude these components are also provided; these aggregates
are often described as “core” measures of inflation.
These new sub-indices provide users with further tools for analysing trends in UK inflation
performance, consistent with the CPI measure as the Government’s inflation target 1. They also
build upon the All Goods and All Services sub-indices that were first published with the January
2002 CPI and are appropriate counterparts to the goods and services sub-indices already
published for the RPI. The new CPI special aggregates and related measures of the all items CPI
excluding various components have been introduced in response to a clear user demand, and are
similar in nature to those already published for the RPI, in Table 8 of the Consumer Price Indices
First Release.
1
On 10 December 2003, the Chancellor of the Exchequer confirmed that the inflation target for the UK will be defined in terms of the
CPI, with the target specified as a 2 per cent annual rate of change (with a margin of a percentage point either side). Prior to 10
December 2003, the CPI was published in the UK as the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP).
Current and new presentations of CPI data
The CPI consists of 12 divisions, which can be further divided into lower level aggregates known
as groups and classes . Approximately 650 individual items are grouped into 85 classes comprising
similar goods and services; these classes are aggregated to form appropriate groups which, finally,
are aggregated to form divisions. The CPI’s divisions, groups and classes are classified according
to the COICOP system (Classification Of Individual COnsumption by Purpose), which was
specifically adapted for consumer price indices produced within the European Union. This
classification system differs from that used for the RPI, which was developed to meet its specific
requirements.
COICOP classifies goods and services according to the purpose, or reason, for their consumption
by individuals and households. Higher level CPI aggregates, such as the 12 divisions, therefore
often comprise a mixture of goods and services, where those goods or services naturally relate to
the same “consumption aims” 2. For example, the recreation and culture division naturally includes
both goods and services: individuals may purchase audio-visual goods for recreational purposes,
and may also visit the theatre or pay for another recreational service, such as a package holiday.
Under this new presentation of the CPI, there is a clear separation of the various goods and
services components of the index at the class level. Most of the new aggregates have been
defined by Eurostat - including all figures relating to the all items CPI excluding various
components - with the remainder defined by ONS.
Some of the new goods and services sub-indices are naturally constructed of classes from a single
CPI division. For example, the 12 goods classes in the recreation and culture division are used in
constructing two new recreational goods sub-indices. The first is audio-visual goods, which is
comprised of classes 09.1.1 (reception and reproduction of sound and picture), 09.1.2
(photographic, cinematographic and optical equipment), 09.1.3 (data processing equipment) and
09.1.4 (recording media). The remaining eight goods classes in recreation and culture naturally
form an other recreational goods sub-index, consisting of various recreational items, including
books, toys and other leisure goods.
Four classes in the recreation and culture division are services, and are used in the construction of
two new services sub-indices which draw upon classes from more than one CPI division. The first
is package holidays and accommodation, which is constructed from classes 09.6 (package
holidays) and 11.2 (accommodation services). The second sub-index, for non-catering recreational
and personal services is comprised of classes 03.1.4 (cleaning, repair and hire of clothing), 12.1.1
(hairdressing and personal grooming establishments) and the remaining three classes from the
recreation and culture division. Examples of other goods and services sub-indices in the new
presentation which use classes from more than one CPI division include:
•
The new energy aggregate, and its two new sub-indices, which is based on classes from
divisions 4 and 7 (housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels and transport). The first subindex, for electricity, gas and miscellaneous energy, is constructed from three classes from
division 4 ((04.5.1) electricity, (04.5.2) gas and (04.5.4) solid fuels). The second sub-index, for
liquid fuels, vehicle fuels and lubricants comprises the liquid fuels class of division 4 (04.5.3) as
well as the fuels and lubricants class of division 7 (07.2.2).
•
The new housing services aggregate, and its three sub-indices, which draws upon classes
from divisions 4, 5 and 12 (housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels, furniture, household
equipment and routine maintenance and miscellaneous goods and services ). This is further
broken down into actual rentals for housing (class 04.1), a new primary housing services subindex comprising classes 04.3.2 (services for maintenance and repair of the dwelling), 04.4.3
(sewerage collection) and 12.5.2 (house contents insurance) and an other housing services
sub-index that combines classes 05.3.3 (repair of household appliances) and 05.6.2 (domestic
services and household services ).
2
Note that divisions 1 and 2 (food and non-alcoholic beverages and alcohol and tobacco) consist entirely of classes defined as goods,
with divisions 8, 10 and 11 (communication, education and restaurants and hotels respectively) consisting entirely of classes defined as
services.
The new goods and services hierarchy
Annex A of this article provides a full breakdown of this new presentation of the CPI. It includes a series
of tables showing the classes from which all new sub-indices are constructed, as well as how the subindices themselves aggregate together. Sub-indices already published, but featuring in the new
presentation, are shown in black text. All new published indices are shown in red text, with underlining
relating to sub-indices that have been defined by Eurostat.
A high level view of the new goods and services hierarchy can be seen clearly in the table on the next
page, which is being published for the first time in the February 2005 Consumer Price Indices First
Release. The table provides weights and annual inflation rates for four broad goods aggregates and
five broad services aggregates, and is structured in a similar way to Table 9 of the Consumer Price
Indices First Release (which provides a high level breakdown of the goods and services components of
the RPI).
Since the CPI uses the COICOP system whereas the RPI uses its own bespoke classification, there are
some classification differences to note. The most significant of these apply to:
•
•
•
Electricity and gas (classes 04.5.1 and 04.5.2), where the CPI classifies these as goods and the
RPI classifies them as services;
Alcoholic beverages, where the CPI classifies ‘on sales’ (within the restaurants and cafes class
(11.1.1)) as a service and ‘off sales’ (of beer, wines and spirits within the alcoholic beverages group
(02.1)) as goods, in contrast to the RPI which classifies both ‘on’ and ‘off’ sales as goods and;
Water and sewerage charges, where water supply (class 04.4.1) is classified as a good and
sewerage collection (class 04.4.3) is classified as a service in the CPI. The RPI however, classifies
both of these as services.
Note also that, as the CPI excludes mortgage interest payments, council tax and depreciation they are
not included in the new Table 6 of the Consumer Price Indices First Release. Similarly, as these
components are neither categorised as goods nor services in the RPI, they do not feature in Table 9.
Finally, there are subtle differences in the classification of seasonal and non-seasonal food items in the
CPI and RPI. In the RPI, fresh fruit, fresh vegetables, unprocessed potatoes, fresh fish, eggs and
home-killed lamb are considered seasonal. In the CPI however, the entire fruit (01.1.6), vegetables
(01.1.7) and fish (01.1.3) classes are seasonal, with no distinction made between home-killed and
imported lamb within the meat class (01.1.2).
For more information about differences in the classification of goods and services in the CPI and RPI,
and for a full listing of the CPI’s goods and services classes, see Baran D (2002), ‘The Harmonised
Index of Consumer Prices: Goods and Services Indices’, which can be downloaded from the ONS
website at: www.statistics.gov.uk/cci/article.asp?id=382
Table 6 of the Consumer Price Indices First Release
6
CPI1 goods and services: the latest three years
Percentage change over 12 months
Goods components
Food & nonalcoholic
beverages
Alcoholic
beverages &
tobacco
CHZR
106
2002 Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Services components
Energy2
Non-energy
industrial
goods3
All
goods
Housing
services4
Travel &
transport
services4
Recreational
& personal
services4
Communication
Miscellaneous & other
services4
All
services
CHZS
46
A9F3
55
A9ER
329
ICVH
536
A9FG
67
A9FJ
67
A9FL
211
CHZY
25
A9FQ
94
ICVI
464
CJYS
3.8
2.7
2.2
–0.9
–2.1
CJYT
2.0
1.2
1.0
2.1
1.7
A9HX
–3.7
–1.3
0.2
–1.7
–2.8
A9HN
–1.9
–1.9
–2.2
–2.5
–2.8
JKWV
–0.5
–0.6
–0.8
–1.7
–2.4
A9IC
4.0
3.9
3.5
3.6
3.5
A9IF
3.2
4.0
2.0
2.1
3.3
A9IH
4.4
4.5
4.7
4.6
5.0
CJYZ
1.1
2.1
2.3
1.7
2.2
A9IM
5.5
5.6
5.6
5.5
5.3
JKWW
4.1
4.3
4.0
4.0
4.3
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
–0.2
–0.1
0.2
0.2
0.4
–0.2
2.5
2.0
2.0
1.6
1.7
1.7
–2.2
–1.5
–1.1
0.4
3.4
4.3
–2.3
–2.8
–2.7
–2.4
–2.4
–2.9
–1.4
–1.7
–1.5
–1.3
–0.9
–1.2
3.4
3.3
3.4
3.3
3.4
3.3
4.8
4.9
3.8
4.3
3.5
7.9
4.7
4.9
5.0
4.9
5.0
5.0
1.1
–0.2
–0.1
–0.4
0.1
–
4.7
4.7
3.8
6.2
6.0
6.0
4.1†
4.2
4.1
4.5
4.5
5.0
2003 Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
–1.1
–0.4
–0.3
0.3
1.2
1.3
1.7
1.6
1.6
2.5
1.9
2.2
4.0
4.8
6.1
2.6
0.9
1.1
–2.6
–2.2
–2.4
–2.2
–2.1
–2.2
–1.3
–0.8
–0.8
–0.8
–0.8
–0.7
2.9
2.9
2.9
2.3
2.2
2.2
5.6
6.2
5.6
8.7
6.8
5.4
4.9
4.8
4.7
4.1
3.7
3.3
0.5
0.2
1.0
0.7
1.1
–
4.5
4.4
4.3
3.3
3.3
3.5
4.4
4.4
4.2
4.1
3.7
3.3
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
1.4
1.6
2.2
2.2
2.6
3.0
1.5
2.4
1.9
2.2
1.6
1.8
1.6
2.3
2.0
2.0
2.4
2.8
–1.9
–1.5
–1.8
–1.8
–1.9
–1.9
–0.6
–0.1
–0.3
–0.2
–0.2
–
2.5
2.5
2.5
2.5
2.5
2.5
5.0
4.5
6.5
6.4
7.0
5.0
3.2
2.7
2.6
2.3
2.2
2.0
1.0
0.7
1.1
0.4
–0.4
–0.2
4.7
4.6
4.9
4.2
4.3
4.2
3.5
3.2
3.5
3.2
3.2
2.9
2004 Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
2.6
2.2
1.9
1.2
1.0
0.8
1.7
1.6
1.9
2.1
2.0
1.9
2.1
1.7
0.9
2.8
7.6
7.9
–1.5
–1.8
–2.1
–1.9
–2.1
–1.6
–
–0.4
–0.6
–0.5
–0.1
–
2.5
2.6
2.7
3.0
3.1
3.1
5.8
5.8
4.9
2.4
4.4
4.6
1.8
1.7
1.8
2.1
2.2
2.4
–0.4
0.2
0.2
0.7
0.5
1.0
5.9
6.1
6.1
5.9
5.8
5.5
3.1
3.2
3.1
3.0
3.3
3.3
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
0.1
–0.2
–0.7
–0.6
–0.5
–0.2
2.1
2.0
2.2
2.0
2.3
2.1
7.1
7.2
7.1
9.2
10.9
10.6
–1.9
–2.3
–2.4
–2.4
–2.4
–2.0
–0.3
–0.7
–0.8
–0.6
–0.4
–0.1
3.1
3.2
3.2
3.4
3.5
3.5
5.4
5.8
4.8
4.3
5.7
6.3
2.5
2.7
2.6
2.8
2.9
3.0
–1.1
–1.2
–2.6
–2.1
–1.9
–2.3
5.0
5.1
4.9
5.0
5.0
5.0
3.4
3.5
3.2
3.3
3.5
3.7
2005 Jan
Feb
0.4
0.8
2.5
3.0
9.1
9.6
–2.2
–2.6
–0.2
–0.2
3.6
3.6
5.4
5.8
3.2
3.3
–2.4
–2.7
5.5
5.5
3.8
3.8
Weights
2005
Monthly
Key: - zero or negligible
†
Date of earliest revision - see background note 17 for details
1 Prior to 10 December 2003, the consumer prices index (CPI) was published
in the UK as the harmonised index of consumer prices (HICP).
2 Comprises ’Electricity, gas and other fuels’ (group 04.5) and ’Fuels and lubricants’ (class 07.2.2).
3 Comprises all other goods elements of the CPI. For further information, see
’The Consumer Prices Index: Goods and Services Indices and Special Aggregates’, which can be downloaded from: www.statistics.gov.uk/cpi
4 For further information on all of these services components, see ’The Consumer Prices Index: Goods and Services Indices and Special Aggregates’, which
can be downloaded from: www.statistics.gov.uk/cpi
Source: National Statistics
Recent trends in CPI goods and services inflation
The new industrial breakdown of the CPI provides valuable supplementary data for the analysis of
UK inflationary trends.
Prices for services, which currently account for around half of the CPI basket by weight, increased
at an average annual rate of over 3 per cent in 2004. In contrast, goods prices have tended to fall
on an annual basis, serving to limit CPI inflation overall. Note that year-on-year reductions in goods
prices during 2004 is particularly apparent for non-energy industrial goods, which account for
around 60 per cent of all CPI goods items by weight. In December 2004, prices for this component
were in general 2 per cent lower than a year earlier. For further details, Table 5 of the Consumer
Price Indices First Release separates non-energy industrial goods into three distinct subcategories: durables, semi-durables, and non-durables. This more detailed analysis shows that
price deflation for semi-durables, such as clothing and footwear, has been particularly marked.
Similarly, since December 2003 inflation for food and non-alcoholic beverages has declined,
turning negative in August 2004. Table 5 shows that this is particularly due to seasonal food items,
whereas inflation for non-seasonal items has fallen but remains positive.
The effects from these goods components however, have been dampened by strong year-on-year
growth in energy prices over the course of 2004, with this goods aggregate including both domestic
energy and road fuel. Towards the end of the year, energy prices were in excess of 10 per cent
greater than a year earlier.
In contrast to goods, price increases for services have generally been strong, with average annual
inflation in 2004 at 3.3 per cent overall. Significant contributions came from recreational and
personal services , which includes items such as package holidays, accommodation and catering
services. The annual inflation rate for this category tended to rise over the course of 2004, in
particular reflecting price increases for package holidays, reversing the less usual reductions in
prices seen throughout 2003. Services inflation has been further buoyed by miscellaneous and
other services , travel and transport services and, to a lesser extent, housing services. Year-onyear, communication is the only high level services aggregate where costs have fallen. This
reflects recent deflation in the cost of telephone and telefax equipment and services.
A more detailed presentation of CPI goods and services sub-indices is shown by the table on the
next page, which will be published for the first time in the February 2005 edition of the Consumer
Price Indices First Release. This table includes weights, indices and percentage changes (over 1
and 12 months) at the most detailed level published, covering all of the sub-indices, special
aggregates and related measures of the all items CPI excluding various components described in
detail in Annex A.
Table 5 of the Consumer Price Indices First Release
5
CPI1: Detailed goods and services breakdown
Weights
2005
CPI (overall index)
All goods
Food, alcoholic beverages & tobacco
Processed food & non-alcoholic beverages
Non-processed food
Seasonal food
Meat
Alcoholic beverages & tobacco
Industrial goods3
Energy
Electricity, gas & miscellaneous energy
Liquid fuels, vehicle fuels & lubricants
Non-energy industrial goods
Clothing & footwear goods
Housing goods
Household goods
Water supply; materials for maintenance & repair
Medical products, appliances & equipment
Vehicles, spare parts & accessories
Recreational goods
Audio-visual goods
Other recreational goods
Miscellaneous goods
All services
Housing services
Actual rentals for housing
Primary housing services
Other housing services
97.4
114.9
106.6
106.2
109.6
102.5
134.8
98.0
115.4
106.8
108.5
112.6
104.1
133.4
97.0
115.9
106.9
108.8
113.6
103.6
134.8
97.2
116.6
107.4
109.9
115.2
104.1
135.4
1.2
1.5
1.6
1.6
1.6
0.3
–0.8
0.2
1.1
–2.7
–5.3
0.6
2.2
–0.6
0.2
0.6
–2.0
–3.9
0.3
2.0
–0.4
0.3
0.4
–1.4
–3.1
0.7
2.3
–0.1
0.6
0.5
–0.8
–2.3
1.0
2.1
–0.2
1.0
0.7
0.0
0.2
–0.2
2.5
–0.2
1.4
0.8
0.9
1.9
–0.2
3.0
0.2
0.6
0.5
1.0
1.4
0.5
0.4
–1.2 –0.9 –0.7 –0.3 –0.7 –0.9
7.1
9.2 10.9 10.6
9.1
9.6
6.2
7.3
9.8 12.1 13.3 13.0
7.9 11.2 12.0
9.1
5.1
6.4
–2.4 –2.4 –2.4 –2.0 –2.2 –2.6
–5.9 –5.5 –5.5 –5.5 –6.0 –5.9
–0.6 –0.4 –0.4
0.5 –0.3 –0.8
0.3 –1.0 –1.7
–1.0 –0.9 –0.8
0.8
1.4
1.7
1.3
1.9
2.1
0.2
–0.8 –0.5 –0.7 –1.1 –0.5
–0.1 –0.7 –0.9 –0.9 –1.1 –1.1
–3.5 –3.6 –3.6 –3.5 –3.3 –3.8
–10.2 –10.3 –10.2 –10.3 –10.7 –11.5
–0.6 –0.8 –0.9 –0.5 –0.2 –0.7
–2.4 –2.0 –1.6 –1.0 –0.9 –1.3
–
0.9
0.5
1.3
–0.1
–0.2
0.3
0.4
–0.2
0.2
0.3
–0.9
–1.5
–0.7
0.5
90.5 90.6 90.9 91.2 89.7 89.7
123.1 125.6 127.7 127.6 126.5 127.7
103.0 104.3 106.9 109.5 111.3 111.9
145.4 149.4 150.8 147.2 142.4 144.3
84.9 84.7 84.8 85.1 83.6 83.5
63.8 63.8 64.1 63.2 60.9 60.8
96.3 95.7 96.3 98.3 94.8 95.1
93.5 92.6 93.4 95.7 91.4 91.8
109.4 110.1 110.2 110.0 110.1 109.9
113.6 113.6 113.5 112.8 113.3 113.5
90.6 90.2 90.1 90.0 90.4 90.7
79.8 79.8 79.5 79.6 78.8 78.1
41.3 40.8 40.6 40.2 39.2 38.6
101.9 102.4 102.1 102.8 102.3 101.6
97.5 98.1 97.9 98.1 97.3 97.8
464
67
47
14
6
134.2†134.8
132.4 133.1
125.1 125.8
147.6 148.4
154.8 155.2
134.9
133.3
125.9
148.6
155.9
136.0
133.4
126.1
148.8
156.1
136.1
133.9
126.4
149.1
157.5
136.4
134.0
126.5
149.3
157.6
3.2
3.2
2.3
5.3
5.6
3.3
3.4
2.7
5.0
5.4
3.5
3.5
2.8
5.0
5.4
3.7
3.5
2.9
4.9
5.5
147.6
153.8
136.0
181.0
145.9
155.0
131.5
179.9
152.7
155.8
144.3
180.2
148.6
158.2
133.8
182.4
150.2
158.3
137.3
178.1
4.8
6.5
3.2
–0.2
4.3
6.1
2.2
–0.8
5.7
6.2
4.9
0.4
6.3
6.6
6.3
0.2
82.8 82.9 82.6 82.3 82.2 82.4
–2.6
–2.1
–1.9
146.4
154.2
133.2
180.0
97.7
115.0
106.5
107.4
111.2
103.2
134.1
2005
Feb
1.1
384
55
27
28
329
62
76
59
17
12
59
88
24
64
32
25
All items excluding
Energy
Energy, food, alcoholic beverages & tobacco
Energy & unprocessed food
Seasonal food
Energy & seasonal food
Tobacco
Alcoholic beverages & tobacco
Liquid fuels, vehicle fuels & lubricants
Housing, water, electricity, gas & other fuels
Education, health & social protection
2004 2004 2004 2004 2005 2005
Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb
97.3
114.7
106.5
105.9
108.5
103.0
134.9
Communication
Special aggregates2
Durables
Semi-durables
Non-durables
Seasonal food
Non-seasonal food
Energy, food, alcoholic beverages & tobacco
Energy & unprocessed food
Energy & seasonal food
Tobacco
Housing, water, electricity, gas & other fuels
Education, health & social protection4
2004 2004 2004 2004 2005 2005
Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb
536
152
57
49
26
23
46
67
30
32
5
Miscellaneous & other services
Miscellaneous services
Medical services (Dec 1999=100)
Education
Percentage change over 12 months
1 000 111.4 111.7 111.9 112.5 111.9 112.2
Travel & transport services
Services for personal transport equipment
Transport services
Transport insurance
Recreational & personal services
Package holidays & accommodation
Other recreational & personal services
Catering services
Non-catering recreational & personal services
Index (1996=100)
Percentage
change over
1 month
3.8†
3.6
3.1
4.4
4.9
3.8
3.6
3.1
4.5
4.6
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
5.4
6.5
4.7
–0.3
5.8
6.3
6.1
–2.8
1.1
0.1
2.6
–2.4
–2.3
–2.4
–2.7
0.2
211
47
164
121
43
135.0
149.3
131.2
130.0
134.6
135.3
150.2
131.3
130.4
134.0
135.6
150.6
131.6
130.8
134.1
135.9
150.9
131.9
131.0
134.4
136.1
151.2
132.1
131.2
134.6
136.4
151.4
132.4
131.5
135.0
2.6
2.3
2.7
2.4
3.4
2.8
3.2
2.7
2.6
3.1
2.9
3.5
2.7
2.7
3.0
3.0
3.7
2.8
2.6
3.4
3.2
3.9
3.0
2.7
3.9
3.3
3.9
3.1
2.7
4.0
0.2
0.1
0.2
0.2
0.3
94
65
12
17
150.7
143.5
126.9
158.2
153.4
146.0
127.8
162.2
153.6
146.4
128.0
162.2
153.9
146.7
128.2
162.2
156.3
149.7
129.5
162.2
156.3
149.8
129.6
162.2
4.9
5.5
3.3
4.6
5.0
5.3
3.2
5.0
5.0
5.4
3.3
5.0
5.0
5.1
4.5
5.0
5.5
5.8
4.9
5.0
5.5
5.9
4.9
5.0
–
0.1
0.1
–
117
131
81
26
67
207
104
81
26
105
54
83.0
74.2
107.0
108.5
106.1
116.9
115.2
118.6
166.7
118.9
145.2
82.4
74.1
107.6
109.6
106.0
117.6
116.7
120.6
166.8
119.9
146.7
82.4
74.4
107.4
111.2
106.3
118.3
118.3
122.5
166.8
120.7
146.9
83.5
74.0
107.5
112.6
106.8
118.5
118.8
123.0
166.8
121.4
146.9
81.9
72.0
107.6
113.6
106.7
118.6
118.5
122.6
168.2
122.1
147.8
82.0
71.7
107.6
115.2
107.2
119.5
119.6
124.0
168.9
122.3
148.0
–1.5
–4.4
–0.8
–5.3
1.3
2.0
2.3
2.9
3.7
3.8
3.6
–2.0
–4.0
–0.4
–3.9
0.8
2.4
3.8
4.8
3.8
4.4
3.6
–2.3
–3.8
–0.6
–3.1
0.9
3.0
4.9
6.1
3.9
5.0
3.6
–1.3
–3.8
–0.4
–2.3
1.0
3.0
4.9
6.1
3.9
5.4
3.7
–2.0
–3.9
0.1
0.2
0.8
3.0
4.7
6.1
4.7
5.8
4.1
–2.4
–4.4
0.0
1.9
0.8
3.6
5.4
7.1
5.2
5.9
4.3
0.1
–0.4
–
1.4
0.5
0.8
0.9
1.1
0.4
0.4
0.1
945
793
896
974
919
974
954
972
895
946
110.6
109.6
110.9
111.5
110.6
109.9
110.1
110.1
110.5
110.3
110.7
109.8
111.1
111.7
110.8
110.2
110.4
110.3
110.7
110.5
110.9
109.9
111.1
111.9
110.8
110.4
110.6
110.5
110.9
110.7
111.5
110.6
111.7
112.5
111.4
111.0
111.2
111.2
111.5
111.4
110.9
109.8
111.1
111.8
110.8
110.4
110.6
110.7
110.7
110.7
111.1
109.9
111.3
112.1
111.0
110.6
110.8
110.9
111.0
111.0
0.8
0.8
0.9
1.3
0.9
1.0
1.1
0.8
0.7
1.0
0.7
0.9
0.9
1.3
0.9
1.2
1.2
0.9
0.8
1.1
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.5
1.0
1.4
1.4
1.1
1.1
1.3
1.2
1.4
1.3
1.8
1.3
1.6
1.6
1.5
1.3
1.6
1.2
1.3
1.3
1.6
1.3
1.6
1.7
1.6
1.1
1.5
1.2
1.1
1.3
1.6
1.2
1.6
1.6
1.5
1.2
1.6
0.2
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.3
0.3
Key: - zero or negligible
†
Date of earliest revision - see background note 17 for details
1 Prior to 10 December 2003, the consumer prices index (CPI) was published
in the UK as the harmonised index of consumer prices (HICP).
2 For further information on the composition of these special aggregates, see
’The Consumer Prices Index: Goods and Services Indices and Special
Aggregates’, which can be downloaded from: www.statistics.gov.uk/cpi
3 For further information on the composition of the industrial goods aggregates,
see ’The Consumer Prices Index: Goods and Services Indices and Special
Aggregates’, which can be downloaded from: www.statistics.gov.uk/cpi
4 The coverage of this special aggregate has changed extensively since January
2000, when Social protection was first included and extentions to the Education
and Health divisions also took effect. Health was further extended with effect
from January 2001. Details are given in a series of Economic Trends articles
available on the National Statistics website: www.statistics.gov.uk/cpi
Source: National Statistics
Special aggregates and core measures of inflation
Data for a range of special aggregate indices will be published in Table 5 of the Consumer Price
Indices First Release (and the five new Focus on Consumer Price Indices tables) from February
2005. Related figures for the all items CPI excluding various components (often described as
measures of “core” or “underlying” inflation) will also be included. All of these aggregates have
been defined by Eurostat, and are compiled by Eurostat for all Member States of the European
Union.
CPI special aggregates typically cover areas of the index where prices may be especially
influenced by factors particular to the sector, or government policy changes, as opposed to general
economic conditions that might be expected to impact on price changes more generally. For
example, seasonal food prices are often influenced by sector specific variations in supply, and
petrol prices are largely dependent on oil market conditions. Alcohol and tobacco prices can be
influenced by government policy, particularly when rates of duty are changed in the Budget. While
these components are rightly included in the CPI, as a measure of the average change in prices
across all consumer goods and services, for analytical purposes it can be useful to focus on
measures of inflation that exclude such components.
For example, inflation for energy goods has been strong over the second half of 2004, partly
reflecting increases in oil and petrol prices, and also significant increases in gas and electricity
tariffs from the autumn. With a weight in excess of 5 percent of the entire CPI, energy has made a
significant contribution to the recent rise in overall inflation. This can more easily be seen using the
all items CPI excluding energy aggregate, which shows that underlying inflation has risen by 0.1
percentage points from March to December 2004 compared to the headline (all items CPI) which
has risen by 0.5 percentage points.
In contrast to energy goods and since spring 2004, seasonal food prices have been falling year on
year and have dampened inflationary pressures from other areas of the overall index. In
September 2004 inflation for this component reached -5.3 per cent, the lowest annual rate since
mid 2002. As a consequence of these weak prices, the all items CPI excluding seasonal food
aggregate in general reveals a higher rate of inflation than the overall CPI index.
Compiling the new sub-indices
The CPI was first published in the UK in January 1996, with the first annual inflation rates available
from January 1997. All of the new goods and services sub-indices and special aggregates have
been calculated for each month from January 1996 onwards, with a full back history of indices,
weights and percentage changes available to download from the ONS website, at:
www.statistics.gov.uk/statbase/tsdintro.asp (Annex B of this article provides the four-character
identifiers needed to download the new indices).
The new sub-indices are produced using the same principles that underpin the compilation of other
published CPI aggregates (including the all items CPI itself). Within each year, the new goods and
services sub indices and special aggregates are compiled using unchained class indices and fixed
weights. The resulting in-year aggregate sub-indices are then chain-linked together in the same
way as all other CPI aggregates to provide single series spanning many years, and are then
rebased to a common reference period (1996=100)3. Finally, the sub-indices are rounded to a
single decimal place for publication. All of the new sub-indices have been calculated using
maximum precision in-year class indices (with rounding to a single decimal place only carried out
at the last stage of the calculation).
For more information on how CPI indices are calculated, see Chapter 9 of the CPI/RPI Technical
Manual, which can be downloaded from: www.statistics.gov.uk/cpi
3
The only exception is medical services, which is re-referenced to December 1999=100. See Annex C for more information.
Differences with Eurostat figures
Many of the new goods and services sub-indices, special aggregates and related measures of the
all items CPI excluding various components are already published for the UK by Eurostat, which
calculates and publishes them for all Member States of the European Union.
Although Eurostat employs the same calculation and aggregation method for each country, the
indices produced by ONS may differ from those it produces. All EU Member States except the UK
apply a single chain link to their CPIs (linking onto indices for the previous December). In
calculating aggregate indices for the UK’s CPI, ONS needs to apply two chain links each year. The
first link (of January indices onto those for the previous December) is necessary as CPI class (and
relevant item) weights 4 change each January. The second link (of indices for February to
December onto those for January) is necessary because UK CPI item weights may change again
with the introduction of the new basket of goods and services each February. Differences between
ONS and Eurostat sub-indices will also result because ONS uses full-precision unchained class
indices in its calculations, compared to the published class indices that are used by Eurostat5.
References
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4
5
Item weights change because they are calculated as proportions of the weight of their CPI classes.
These indices need to be unchained, to transform them into the in-year indices needed to construct any new aggregates.
Annex A: Composition of CPI goods and services indices and special aggregates
(1) CPI goods sub-indices (2005 weights)
All goods (536)
Processed food and non-alcoholic
beverages
(57)
Food,
alcoholic
beverages and
tobacco
(152)
Nonprocessed
food
Seasonal food
(26)
Meat
(49)
01.1.2 Meat (23)
(23)
Alcoholic beverages and tobacco
(46)
Electricity, gas and
miscellaneous energy
Energy
(55)
(27)
Liquid fuels, vehicle fuels
and lubricants
(28)
Clothing & footwear goods
(62)
Household
goods
(59)
Housing
goods
(76)
Industrial
goods
(384)
Nonenergy
industrial
goods
(329)
01.1.1 Bread and cereals (15)
01.1.4 Milk, cheese and eggs (13)
01.1.5 Oils and fats (2)
01.1.8 Sugar, jam, syrups, chocolate and confectionery (12)
01.1.9 Food products (nec) (2)
01.2.1 Coffee, tea and cocoa (3)
01.2.2 Mineral waters, soft drinks and juices (10)
01.1.3 Fish (4)
01.1.6 Fruit (8)
01.1.7 Vegetables (including potatoes and other tubers) (14)
Water
supply,
materials
for maintenance and
repair
(17)
Medical products,
appliances and equipment
(12)
Vehicles, spare parts and
accessories
(59)
Audiovisual
goods
Recreational
goods
(88)
(24)
Other
recreational
goods
(64)
Miscellaneous goods
(32)
02.1.1 Spirits (5)
02.1.2 Wine (10)
02.1.3 Beer (5)
02.2 Tobacco (26)
04.5.1 Electricity (14)
04.5.2 Gas (12)
04.5.4 Solid fuels (1)
04.5.3 Liquid fuels (1)
07.2.2 Fuels and lubricants (27)
03.1.2 Garments (51)
03.1.3 Other clothing and clothing accessories (2)
03.2 Footwear including repairs (9)
05.1.1 Furniture and furnishings (19)
05.1.2 Carpets and other floor coverings (6)
05.2 Household textiles (8)
05.3.1/2 Major appliances and small electric goods (7)
05.4 Glassware, tableware and household utensils (8)
05.5 Tools and equipment for house and garden (6)
05.6.1 Non-durable household goods (5)
04.3.1 Materials for maintenance and repair of the dwelling (12)
04.4.1 Water supply (5)
06.1.1 Pharmaceutical products (6)
06.1.2/3 Other medical and therapeutic equipment (6)
07.1.1A New cars (33)
07.1.1B Second-hand cars (17)
07.1.2/3 Motorcycles and bicycles (3)
07.2.1 Spare parts and accessories (6)
09.1.1 Equipment for reception and reproduction of sound/picture (6)
09.1.2 Photographic, cinematographic and optical equipment (4)
09.1.3 Data processing equipment (5)
09.1.4 Recording media (9)
09.2.1/2 Major durables for indoor/outdoor recreation (Dec 1999=100) (9)
09.3.1 Games, toys and hobbies (20)
09.3.2 Equipment for sport and open-air recreation (4)
09.3.3 Gardens, plants and flowers (6)
09.3.4/5 Pets, related products and services (7)
09.5.1 Books (5)
09.5.2 Newspapers and periodicals (7)
09.5.3/4 Miscellaneous printed matter, stationery, drawing materials (6)
12.1.2/3 Appliances and products for personal care (21)
12.3.1 Jewellery, clocks and watches (8)
12.3.2 Other personal effects (3)
(2) CPI services sub-indices (2005 weights)
All services (464)
Actual rentals for housing
Housing
services
(47)
Primary housing services
(14)
Other housing services
(67)
(6)
Services for personal transport
equipment
Transport services
(32)
(67)
Transport insurance
(5)
Package holidays and accommodation
(211)
(47)
Catering services
Other
recreational and
personal
services
Non-catering recreational
and personal services
(164)
(43)
(121)
Communication
Miscellaneous services
(94)
05.3.3 Repair of household appliances (1)
05.6.2 Domestic services and household services (5)
07.2.3 Maintenance and repairs (24)
07.2.4 Other services in respect of personal transport equipment (6)
07.3.1 Passenger transport by railway (8)
07.3.2 Passenger transport by road (14)
07.3.3 Passenger transport by air (8)
07.3.4 Passenger transport by sea and inland waterway (2)
12.5.4 Transport insurance (5)
09.6 Package holidays (29)
11.2 Accommodation services (18)
11.1.1 Restaurants and cafes (108)
11.1.2 Canteens (13)
03.1.4 Cleaning, repair and hire of clothing (1)
09.1.5 Repair of audio-visual equipment and related products (1)
09.4.1 Recreational and sporting services (9)
09.4.2 Cultural services (24)
12.1.1 Hairdressing and personal grooming establishments (8)
08.1 Postal services (2)
08.2/3 Telephone and telefax equipment and services (23)
(25)
Miscellaneous
and other
services
04.3.2 Services for maintenance and repair of the dwelling (8)
04.4.3 Sewerage collection (5)
12.5.2 House contents insurance (1)
(30)
Travel and
transport
services
Recreation and
personal
services
04.1 Actual rentals for housing (47)
(65)
Medical services (Dec 1999=100)
(12)
Education
(17)
12.4 Social protection (Dec 1999=100) (13)
12.5.3 Health insurance (Dec 1999=100) (2)
12.6.2 Other financial services (nec) (26)
12.7 Other services (nec) (24)
06.2.1/3 Medical services and paramedical services (Dec 1999=100) (2)
06.2.2 Dental services (Dec 1999=100) (2)
06.3 Hospital services (Dec 2000=100) (8)
10.0 Education (17)
(3) Non-energy industrial goods: durables, semi-durables and non-durables (2005 weights)
Durables
(117)
Non-energy
industrial
goods
(329)
Semi-durables
(131)
Non-durables
(81)
05.1.1 Furniture and furnishings (19)
05.1.2 Carpets and other floor coverings (6)
05.3.1/2 Major appliances and small electric goods (7)
07.1.1A New cars (33)
07.1.1B Second-hand cars (17)
07.1.2/3 Motorcycles and bicycles (3)
09.1.1 Equipment for reception and reproduction of sound/picture (6)
09.1.2 Photographic, cinematographic and optical equipment (4)
09.1.3 Data processing equipment (5)
09.2.1/2 Major durables for indoor/outdoor recreation (Dec 1999=100) (9)
12.3.1 Jewellery, clocks and watches (8)
03.1.2 Garments (51)
03.1.3 Other clothing and clothing accessories (2)
03.2 Footwear including repairs (9)
05.2 Household textiles (8)
05.4 Glassware, tableware and household utensils (8)
05.5 Tools and equipment for house and garden (6)
07.2.1 Spare parts and accessories (6)
09.1.4 Recording media (9)
09.3.1 Games, toys and hobbies (20)
09.3.2 Equipment for sport and open-air recreation (4)
09.5.1 Books (5)
12.3.2 Other personal effects (3)
04.3.1 Materials for maintenance and repair of the dwelling (12)
04.4.1 Water supply (5)
05.6.1 Non-durable household goods (5)
06.1.1 Pharmaceutical products (6)
06.1.2/3 Other medical and therapeutic equipment (6)
09.3.3 Gardens, plants and flowers (6)
09.3.4/5 Pets, related products and services (7)
09.5.2 Newspapers and periodicals (7)
09.5.3/4 Miscellaneous printed matter, stationery, drawing materials (6)
12.1.2/3 Appliances and products for personal care (21)
(4) Non-seasonal food (2005 weights)
Seasonal food
(26)
Food and nonalcoholic
beverages
Non-seasonal food
(67)
(106)
Non-alcoholic beverages
(13)
01.1.3 Fish (4)
01.1.6 Fruit (8)
01.1.7 Vegetables (including potatoes and other tubers) (14)
01.1.1 Bread and cereals (15)
01.1.2 Meat (23)
01.1.4 Milk, cheese and eggs (13)
01.1.5 Oils and fats (2)
01.1.8 Sugar, jam, syrups, chocolate and confectionery (12)
01.1.9 Food products (nec) (2)
01.2.1 Coffee, tea and cocoa (3)
01.2.2 Mineral waters, soft drinks and juices (10)
(5) CPI special aggregates: Energy, food, alcoholic beverages and tobacco (2005 weights)
Electricity, gas and
miscellaneous energy
Energy
(55)
Energy, food,
alcoholic
beverages and
tobacco
(207)
(27)
Liquid fuels, vehicle fuels
and lubricants
(28)
Seasonal food
(26)
Food and
nonalcoholic
beverages
04.5.1 Electricity (14)
04.5.2 Gas (12)
04.5.4 Solid fuels (1)
Non-seasonal food
(67)
(106)
04.5.3 Liquid fuels (1)
07.2.2 Fuels and lubricants (27)
01.1.3 Fish (4)
01.1.6 Fruit (8)
01.1.7 Vegetables (including potatoes and other tubers) (14)
01.1.1 Bread and cereals (15)
01.1.2 Meat (23)
01.1.4 Milk, cheese and eggs (13)
01.1.5 Oils and fats (2)
01.1.8 Sugar, jam, syrups, chocolate and confectionery (12)
01.1.9 Food products (nec) (2)
Non-alcoholic beverages
01.2.1 Coffee, tea and cocoa (3)
01.2.2 Mineral waters, soft drinks and juices (10)
(13)
02.1.1 Spirits (5)
02.1.2 Wine (10)
02.1.3 Beer (5)
02.2 Tobacco (26)
Alcoholic beverages and tobacco
(46)
(6) CPI special aggregates: Energy and non-processed food (2005 weights)
Electricity, gas and
miscellaneous energy
Energy
Energy and
non-processed
food
(104)
(55)
Nonprocessed
food
04.5.1 Electricity (14)
04.5.2 Gas (12)
04.5.4 Solid fuels (1)
(27)
Liquid fuels, vehicle fuels
and lubricants
(28)
Seasonal food
(26)
Meat
04.5.3 Liquid fuels (1)
07.2.2 Fuels and lubricants (27)
01.1.3 Fish (4)
01.1.6 Fruit (8)
01.1.7 Vegetables (including potatoes and other tubers) (14)
01.1.2 Meat (23)
(49)
(23)
(7) CPI special aggregates: Energy and seasonal food (2005 weights)
Electricity, gas and
miscellaneous energy
Energy
Energy and
seasonal food
(55)
(81)
(27)
Liquid fuels, vehicle fuels
and lubricants
(28)
Seasonal food
(26)
04.5.1 Electricity (14)
04.5.2 Gas (12)
04.5.4 Solid fuels (1)
04.5.3 Liquid fuels (1)
07.2.2 Fuels and lubricants (27)
01.1.3 Fish (4)
01.1.6 Fruit (8)
01.1.7 Vegetables (including potatoes and other tubers) (14)
(8) CPI special aggregates: Education, health and social protection (2005 weights)
Education
Education,
health and
social
protection
(54)
(17)
Medical products,
appliances and equipment
Health
(24)
(12)
Medical services
(Dec 1999=100)
(12)
Social protection
(Dec 1999=100)
(13)
10.0 Education (17)
06.1.1 Pharmaceutical products (6)
06.1.2/3 Other medical and therapeutic equipment (6)
06.2.1/3 Medical services and paramedical services (Dec 1999=100) (2)
06.2.2 Dental services (Dec 1999=100) (2)
06.3 Hospital services (Dec 2000=100) (8)
12.4 Social protection (Dec 1999=100) (13)
Annex B: Identifiers for CPI goods and services indices and special aggregates
Goods and services indices
CPI (overall index)
All goods
All services
Non-energy industrial goods
Durables
Semi-durables
Non-durables
Food, alcoholic beverages and tobacco
Processed food and non-alcoholic beverages
Non-processed food
Seasonal food
Meat
Non-seasonal food
Alcoholic beverages and tobacco
Industrial goods
Energy
Electricity, gas and miscellaneous energy
Liquid fuels, vehicle fuels and lubricants
Clothing and footwear goods
Housing goods
Household goods
Water supply; materials for maintenance and repair
Medical products, appliances and equipment
Vehicles, spare parts and accessories
Recreational goods
Audio-visual goods
Other recreational goods
Miscellaneous goods
Housing services
Actual rentals for housing
Primary housing services
Other housing services
Travel and transport services
Services for personal transport equipment
Transport services
Transport insurance
Communication
Recreational and personal services
Package holidays and accommodation
Other recreational and personal services
Catering services
Non-catering recreational and personal services
Miscellaneous and other services
Miscellaneous services
Medical services (Dec 1999=100)
Education
Special aggregate indices
Energy, food, alcohol and tobacco
Energy and non-processed food
Energy and seasonal food
Tobacco
Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels
Education, health and social protection
CPI excluding energy
CPI excluding energy, food, alcohol and tobacco
CPI excluding energy and non-processed food
CPI excluding seasonal food
CPI excluding energy and seasonal food
CPI excluding tobacco
CPI excluding alcoholic beverages and tobacco
CPI excluding liquid fuels, vehicle fuels and lubricants
CPI excluding housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels
CPI excluding education, health and social protection
Four-digit identifier (CDID) for
1-month
12-month
Index
change
change
CHVJ
ICUF
ICUG
A9G8
A9G9
A9GA
A9GB
A9GD
A9GE
A9GF
A9GG
CHXC
A9GC
CHVL
A9GH
A9GI
A9GJ
A9H9
A9GL
A9GM
A9GN
A9GO
A9GP
A9GQ
A9GR
A9GS
A9GT
A9GU
A9GV
CHWC
A9GW
A9GX
A9GY
A9GZ
CHWO
CHZP
CHVR
A9H2
A9H3
A9H4
CHWU
A9H5
A9H7
A9H6
A9H8
CHVT
MCDQ
JIXP
JIXQ
A9J4
A9J5
A9J6
A9J7
A9J9
A9JA
A9JB
A9JC
JDSX
A9J8
JDRF
A9JD
A9JE
A9JF
A9K5
A9JH
A9JI
A9JJ
A9JK
A9JL
A9JM
A9JN
A9JO
A9JP
A9JQ
A9JR
JDRX
A9JS
A9JT
A9JU
A9JV
JDSJ
JIXO
JDRL
A9JW
A9JX
A9JY
JDSP
A9JZ
A9K3
A9K2
A9K4
JDRN
CJYR
JKWV
JKWW
A9HN
A9HO
A9HP
A9HQ
A9HS
A9HT
A9HU
A9HV
CKLD
A9HR
CJYT
A9HW
A9HX
A9HY
A9IO
A9I2
A9I3
A9I4
A9I5
A9I6
A9I7
A9I8
A9I9
A9IA
A9IB
A9IC
CJZK
A9ID
A9IE
A9IF
A9IG
CJZW
CKNQ
CJYZ
A9IH
A9II
A9IJ
CKKV
A9IK
A9IM
A9IL
A9IN
CJZB
Weight
CHZQ
ICVH
ICVI
A9ER
A9ES
A9ET
A9EU
A9EW
A9EX
A9EY
A9EZ
CJWC
A9EV
CHZS
A9F2
A9F3
A9F4
A9FS
A9F6
A9F7
A9F8
A9F9
A9FA
A9FB
A9FC
A9FD
A9FE
A9FF
A9FG
CJVC
A9FH
A9FI
A9FJ
A9FK
CJVO
CJYQ
CHZY
A9FL
A9FM
A9FN
CJVU
A9FO
A9FQ
A9FP
A9FR
CJUU
Four-digit identifier (CDID) for
1-month
12-month
change
change
Index
Weight
A9HJ
A9HK
A9HL
CHVZ
CHVN
A9HM
A9HA
A9HB
A9HC
A9HD
A9HE
A9GK
A9HF
A9HG
A9HH
A9HI
A9G4
A9G5
A9G6
CJWP
CHZU
A9G7
A9FT
A9FU
A9FV
A9FW
A9FX
A9F5
A9FY
A9FZ
A9G2
A9G3
A9KF
A9KG
A9KH
JDRU
JDRH
A9KI
A9K6
A9K7
A9K8
A9K9
A9KA
A9JG
A9KB
A9KC
A9KD
A9KE
A9IY
A9IZ
A9J2
CJZH
CJYV
A9J3
A9IP
A9IQ
A9IR
A9IS
A9IT
A9HZ
A9IU
A9IV
A9IW
A9IX
Annex C: Additional notes and considerations
(1) Classes consisting of both goods and services
Although the vast majority of the new sub-indices are exclusively goods or services, there are some
exceptions to note (where component classes contain both goods and services). This is relevant for the
following classes, all of which are defined as goods but also include services elements:
•
•
•
Glassware, tableware and household utensils (05.4), which includes services (repairs);
Equipment for sport and open air recreation (09.3.2), which includes services (repairs); and
Pets, related products and services (09.3.4/5), which includes both goods and services.
Because the above classes include both goods and services, the higher level indices which incorporate
them also share this characteristic (i.e. household goods and the higher level housing goods index; other
recreational goods and the higher level recreational goods index; and the non-energy industrial goods and
industrial goods indices at higher levels of aggregation). The above classes are defined as goods or
services on the basis of the consumer expenditure that underlies their weights; if relevant expenditure for
the class mainly relates to goods, the class as a whole is defined as a good. For each of the above
classes, UK consumer expenditure on their goods elements is clearly predominant.
In addition, aggregate 08.2/3 (telephone and telefax equipment and services) contains both goods and
services. This is because it is an amalgamation of COICOP classes 08.2 (telephone and telefax
equipment) and 08.3 (telephone and telefax services).
(2) Availability of data for the medical services sub index
All but one of the new sub-indices are available monthly from January 1996 (with annual inflation rates
first available from January 1997). The exception is medical services , as the COICOP classes on which it
is based were introduced into the CPI after 1996, when the coverage of the overall index was extended
through European regulations.
The medical services sub-index officially begins in January 2000, and now consists of three classes: the
first two (medical services and paramedical services (06.2.1/3) and dental services (06.2.2)) were
introduced into the CPI in January 2000 (with a base of December 1999=100), with the third (hospital
services (06.3)) introduced into the CPI in January 2001 (with a base of December 2000=100).
(3) Other new sub-indices where coverage extensions apply
Extensions to coverage are also relevant to other goods and services indices and special aggregates in
this new presentation of the CPI, as detailed below:
•
•
Other recreational goods is extended by the index for class 09.2.1/2 (major durables for indoor and
outdoor recreation), first published in January 2000. This extension to coverage also impacts on the
recreational goods, non-energy industrial goods and industrial goods indices at higher levels of the
hierarchy; and
Miscellaneous services is extended by indices for class 12.4 (social protection) and 12.5.3 (health
insurance) from January 2000 onwards. This extension to coverage also impacts on the
miscellaneous and other services index at the next highest level of the hierarchy).
Further extensions to the education division from January 2000 and to the miscellaneous goods and
services division from January 2002 also feed into relevant CPI sub-indices that were already published.
Extensions to the education division also impact on the new ‘education, health and social protection’
aggregate. Naturally, all extensions to CPI coverage impact on the All Goods and All Services measures.
Because the new measures of CPI inflation excluding various components are constructed “bottom up”
(i.e. by only including and aggregating together relevant classes), extensions to CPI coverage will impact
on these measures where any component classes have been affected.
More information about the extensions to CPI coverage in January 2000, January 2001 and January 2002
is available in a series of Economic Trends articles, which can be downloaded from the National Statistics
website at: www.statistics.gov.uk/cpi
Annex D: New Focus on Consumer Price Indices Tables
3.4
CPI1: Detailed goods and services breakdown: latest 13 months
Annual
average
2004 2004 2004 2004 2004 2004 2004 2004 2004 2004 2004 2004 2005 2005
Feb Mar Apr May Jun
Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb
CPI (overall index)
CHVJ
111.2 110.4 110.6 111.0 111.4 111.3 111.0 111.3 111.4 111.7 111.9 112.5 111.9 112.2
All goods
Food, alcoholic beverages & tobacco
Processed food & non-alcoholic beverages
Non-processed food
Seasonal food
Meat
Alcoholic beverages & tobacco
ICUF
A9GD
A9GE
A9GF
A9GG
CHXC
CHVL
97.4
115.0
106.6
107.4
111.0
103.5
133.5
97.4
115.0
106.6
108.9
113.1
104.3
131.5
97.6
115.0
106.5
109.0
113.0
104.6
131.8
97.6
115.3
107.0
107.9
111.6
103.8
133.5
98.0
115.6
106.9
108.7
113.2
103.8
133.8
97.7
115.0
106.9
107.0
110.9
102.6
133.8
96.6
114.6
106.7
105.6
107.8
103.2
134.2
96.8
114.5
106.5
105.3
107.2
103.2
134.7
97.3
114.7
106.5
105.9
108.5
103.0
134.9
97.4
114.9
106.6
106.2
109.6
102.5
134.8
97.7
115.0
106.5
107.4
111.2
103.2
134.1
98.0
115.4
106.8
108.5
112.6
104.1
133.4
97.0
115.9
106.9
108.8
113.6
103.6
134.8
97.2
116.6
107.4
109.9
115.2
104.1
135.4
A9GH
A9GI
A9GJ
A9H9
A9G8
A9GL
A9GM
A9GN
A9GO
A9GP
A9GQ
A9GR
A9GS
A9GT
A9GU
90.6
121.8
102.6
143.1
85.1
63.8
96.2
93.4
109.3
113.5
91.0
80.4
42.0
102.4
98.1
90.5
116.5
99.0
135.6
85.7
64.6
95.9
93.4
107.6
113.3
91.7
81.2
43.6
102.3
99.1
90.8
117.8
100.1
137.0
85.8
64.6
96.5
93.9
108.1
113.6
91.7
81.2
43.1
102.8
98.8
90.7
119.0
101.2
138.6
85.6
64.5
96.3
93.5
109.5
114.0
91.7
80.8
42.6
102.5
98.5
91.1
122.3
101.6
145.3
85.6
64.7
97.0
94.3
109.7
113.8
91.5
80.3
42.1
102.1
98.2
90.9
122.2
102.0
144.5
85.5
64.0
96.9
94.1
109.7
113.5
91.3
80.8
42.4
102.7
97.8
89.7
121.7
102.3
143.0
84.1
61.3
95.0
91.9
109.2
113.5
91.0
80.2
41.8
102.2
97.0
90.0
122.6
102.6
144.6
84.4
62.2
95.4
92.5
109.4
113.1
90.8
80.0
41.7
102.0
97.5
90.5
123.1
103.0
145.4
84.9
63.8
96.3
93.5
109.4
113.6
90.6
79.8
41.3
101.9
97.5
90.6
125.6
104.3
149.4
84.7
63.8
95.7
92.6
110.1
113.6
90.2
79.8
40.8
102.4
98.1
90.9
127.7
106.9
150.8
84.8
64.1
96.3
93.4
110.2
113.5
90.1
79.5
40.6
102.1
97.9
91.2
127.6
109.5
147.2
85.1
63.2
98.3
95.7
110.0
112.8
90.0
79.6
40.2
102.8
98.1
89.7
126.5
111.3
142.4
83.6
60.9
94.8
91.4
110.1
113.3
90.4
78.8
39.2
102.3
97.3
89.7
127.7
111.9
144.3
83.5
60.8
95.1
91.8
109.9
113.5
90.7
78.1
38.6
101.6
97.8
ICUG
A9GV
CHWC
A9GW
A9GX
133.5† 131.4† 131.6
131.6 129.4 129.5
124.4 122.7 122.7
146.4 142.9 143.1
153.2 150.7 150.9
132.6
131.2
124.1
146.4
151.9
133.1
131.4
124.2
146.8
152.5
133.3
131.6
124.4
147.0
152.8
134.3
132.0
124.8
147.2
153.7
134.7
132.2
124.9
147.4
154.2
134.2
132.4
125.1
147.6
154.8
134.8
133.1
125.8
148.4
155.2
134.9
133.3
125.9
148.6
155.9
136.0
133.4
126.1
148.8
156.1
136.1
133.9
126.4
149.1
157.5
136.4
134.0
126.5
149.3
157.6
Travel & transport services
Services for personal transport equipment
Transport services
Transport insurance
A9GY
A9GZ
CHWO
CHZP
146.4
151.9
135.3
180.9
142.0
148.9
129.4
183.2
141.6
149.3
128.2
183.2
143.5
149.8
131.5
181.0
145.5
150.7
134.9
178.7
146.3
151.5
135.7
178.8
151.3
152.3
144.8
180.5
152.6
152.8
146.8
181.3
147.6
153.8
136.0
181.0
146.4
154.2
133.2
180.0
145.9
155.0
131.5
179.9
152.7
155.8
144.3
180.2
148.6
158.2
133.8
182.4
150.2
158.3
137.3
178.1
Communication
CHVR
83.9
84.7
84.8
85.1
85.0
84.7
83.7
83.6
82.8
82.9
82.6
82.3
82.2
82.4
Recreational & personal services
Package holidays & accommodation
Other recreational & personal services
Catering services
Non-catering recreational & personal services
A9H2
A9H3
A9H4
CHWU
A9H5
134.1
147.9
130.4
129.6
132.8
132.0
145.7
128.4
128.0
129.8
132.5
145.8
129.0
128.6
130.2
133.4
146.2
130.0
129.1
132.8
133.7
146.5
130.4
129.4
133.0
134.1
147.3
130.6
129.7
133.3
134.5
148.0
130.9
129.8
133.9
134.8
148.7
131.1
130.0
134.3
135.0
149.3
131.2
130.0
134.6
135.3
150.2
131.3
130.4
134.0
135.6
150.6
131.6
130.8
134.1
135.9
150.9
131.9
131.0
134.4
136.1
151.2
132.1
131.2
134.6
136.4
151.4
132.4
131.5
135.0
Miscellaneous & other services
Miscellaneous services
Medical services (Dec 1999=100)
Education
A9H7
A9H6
A9H8
CHVT
150.1
143.2
125.7
156.7
148.1
141.4
123.5
154.5
148.3
141.7
123.7
154.5
148.3
141.5
124.5
154.5
148.6
141.8
125.0
154.5
148.6
141.8
125.7
154.5
149.4
142.8
126.0
154.5
149.7
143.0
126.2
154.5
150.7
143.5
126.9
158.2
153.4
146.0
127.8
162.2
153.6
146.4
128.0
162.2
153.9
146.7
128.2
162.2
156.3
149.7
129.5
162.2
156.3
149.8
129.6
162.2
A9G9
A9GA
A9GB
A9GG
A9GC
A9HJ
A9HK
A9HL
CHVZ
CHVN
A9HM
83.4
74.3
107.5
111.0
106.3
116.7
115.4
118.6
164.5
118.2
144.0
84.0
75.0
107.6
113.1
106.4
115.4
113.5
115.8
160.6
115.5
141.9
84.1
75.0
107.8
113.0
106.4
115.8
114.2
116.7
160.7
116.0
142.1
83.9
74.7
107.8
111.6
106.6
116.3
114.2
117.0
163.8
117.6
142.6
84.0
74.8
107.6
113.2
106.5
117.3
116.3
119.7
163.8
117.9
143.0
83.9
74.5
107.6
110.9
106.2
116.8
115.3
118.8
164.8
118.1
143.3
82.8
72.5
107.2
107.8
106.3
116.4
114.4
117.4
166.4
118.3
143.6
82.8
73.2
107.1
107.2
106.1
116.5
114.6
117.8
166.6
118.6
143.6
83.0
74.2
107.0
108.5
106.1
116.9
115.2
118.6
166.7
118.9
145.2
82.4
74.1
107.6
109.6
106.0
117.6
116.7
120.6
166.8
119.9
146.7
82.4
74.4
107.4
111.2
106.3
118.3
118.3
122.5
166.8
120.7
146.9
83.5
74.0
107.5
112.6
106.8
118.5
118.8
123.0
166.8
121.4
146.9
81.9
72.0
107.6
113.6
106.7
118.6
118.5
122.6
168.2
122.1
147.8
82.0
71.7
107.6
115.2
107.2
119.5
119.6
124.0
168.9
122.3
148.0
A9HA
A9HB
A9HC
A9HD
A9HE
A9GK
A9HF
A9HG
A9HH
A9HI
110.4
109.4
110.7
111.2
110.4
109.7
109.9
110.0
110.4
110.1
109.8
108.7
109.9
110.3
109.7
108.9
109.1
109.3
109.7
109.3
110.0
108.8
110.1
110.5
109.8
109.1
109.3
109.4
109.9
109.5
110.3
109.2
110.5
110.9
110.2
109.5
109.6
109.8
110.1
109.9
110.6
109.4
110.7
111.3
110.5
109.9
110.0
110.1
110.6
110.3
110.5
109.5
110.8
111.3
110.5
109.8
110.0
110.0
110.5
110.2
110.2
109.2
110.6
111.1
110.3
109.5
109.7
109.8
110.1
109.9
110.5
109.6
110.8
111.4
110.5
109.8
109.9
110.0
110.4
110.2
110.6
109.6
110.9
111.5
110.6
109.9
110.1
110.1
110.5
110.3
110.7
109.8
111.1
111.7
110.8
110.2
110.4
110.3
110.7
110.5
110.9
109.9
111.1
111.9
110.8
110.4
110.6
110.5
110.9
110.7
111.5
110.6
111.7
112.5
111.4
111.0
111.2
111.2
111.5
111.4
110.9
109.8
111.1
111.8
110.8
110.4
110.6
110.7
110.7
110.7
111.1
109.9
111.3
112.1
111.0
110.6
110.8
110.9
111.0
111.0
Industrial goods3
Energy
Electricity, gas & miscellaneous energy
Liquid fuels, vehicle fuels & lubricants
Non-energy industrial goods
Clothing & footwear goods
Housing goods
Household goods
Water supply; materials for maintenance & repair
Medical products, appliances & equipment
Vehicles, spare parts & accessories
Recreational goods
Audio-visual goods
Other recreational goods
Miscellaneous goods
All services
Housing services
Actual rentals for housing
Primary housing services
Other housing services
Special aggregates2
Durables
Semi-durables
Non-durables
Seasonal food
Non-seasonal food
Energy, food, alcoholic beverages & tobacco
Energy & unprocessed food
Energy & seasonal food
Tobacco
Housing, water, electricity, gas & other fuels
Education, health & social protection4
All items excluding
Energy
Energy, food, alcoholic beverages & tobacco
Energy & unprocessed food
Seasonal food
Energy & seasonal food
Tobacco
Alcoholic beverages & tobacco
Liquid fuels, vehicle fuels & lubricants
Housing, water, electricity, gas & other fuels
Education, health & social protection
Key: - zero or negligible
†
Date of earliest revision
1 Prior to 10 December 2003, the consumer prices index (CPI) was published
in the UK as the harmonised index of consumer prices (HICP).
2 For further information on the composition of these special aggregates, see
’The Consumer Prices Index: Goods and Services Indices and Special
Aggregates’, which can be downloaded from: www.statistics.gov.uk/cpi
3 For further information on the composition of the industrial goods aggregates,
see ’The Consumer Prices Index: Goods and Services Indices and Special
Aggregates’, which can be downloaded from: www.statistics.gov.uk/cpi
4 The coverage of this special aggregate has changed extensively since January
2000, when Social protection was first included and extentions to the Education
and Health divisions also took effect. Health was further extended with effect
from January 2001. Details are given in a series of Economic Trends articles
available on the National Statistics website: www.statistics.gov.uk/cpi
Source: National Statistics
3.5
CPI1: Detailed goods and services breakdown: latest 13 months
percentage change over 12 months
Annual
change
2004 2004 2004 2004 2004 2004 2004 2004 2004 2004 2004 2004 2005 2005
Feb Mar Apr May Jun
Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb
CPI (overall index)
CJYR
1.3
1.3
1.1
1.2
1.5
1.6
All goods
Food, alcoholic beverages & tobacco
Processed food & non-alcoholic beverages
Non-processed food
Seasonal food
Meat
Alcoholic beverages & tobacco
JKWV
A9HS
A9HT
A9HU
A9HV
CKLD
CJYT
–0.4
1.1
1.3
–0.1
–1.5
1.7
2.0
–0.4
2.1
2.2
2.3
1.7
3.1
1.6
–0.6
1.9
1.6
2.2
1.3
3.3
1.9
–0.5
1.5
1.8
0.7
–0.8
2.5
2.1
–0.1
1.3
1.5
0.4
–0.9
2.0
2.0
–
1.1
1.7
–0.2
–1.5
1.4
1.9
Industrial goods3
Energy
Electricity, gas & miscellaneous energy
Liquid fuels, vehicle fuels & lubricants
Non-energy industrial goods
Clothing & footwear goods
Housing goods
Household goods
Water supply; materials for maintenance & repair
Medical products, appliances & equipment
Vehicles, spare parts & accessories
Recreational goods
Audio-visual goods
Other recreational goods
Miscellaneous goods
All services
Housing services
Actual rentals for housing
Primary housing services
Other housing services
A9HW
A9HX
A9HY
A9IO
A9HN
A9I2
A9I3
A9I4
A9I5
A9I6
A9I7
A9I8
A9I9
A9IA
A9IB
3.3
3.1
2.2
5.3
5.3
3.2
2.6
1.7
5.5
4.9
3.1
2.7
1.7
5.5
4.9
3.0
3.0
2.0
5.4
5.5
3.3
3.1
2.1
5.5
5.3
3.3
3.1
2.2
5.5
5.2
Travel & transport services
Services for personal transport equipment
Transport services
Transport insurance
A9IF
A9IG
CJZW
CKNQ
5.0
6.2
3.7
1.1
5.8
6.4
4.8
4.7
4.9
5.7
3.4
4.4
2.4
5.8
–1.3
1.3
4.4
6.0
2.9
–0.3
Communication
CJYZ
–0.7
0.2
0.2
0.7
Recreational & personal services
Package holidays & accommodation
Other recreational & personal services
Catering services
Non-catering recreational & personal services
A9IH
A9II
A9IJ
CKKV
A9IK
2.4
1.3
2.7
2.7
2.9
1.7
–0.5
2.5
2.8
1.6
1.8
–0.5
2.5
2.9
1.7
Miscellaneous & other services
Miscellaneous services
Medical services (Dec 1999=100)
Education
A9IM
A9IL
A9IN
CJZB
5.4
5.9
3.7
4.7
6.1
6.8
4.0
4.7
A9HO
A9HP
A9HQ
A9HV
A9HR
A9IY
A9IZ
A9J2
CJZH
CJYV
A9J3
–1.6
–3.7
–0.1
–1.5
1.9
2.4
3.2
3.6
3.6
3.7
3.8
A9IP
A9IQ
A9IR
A9IS
A9IT
A9HZ
A9IU
A9IV
A9IW
A9IX
1.1
1.1
1.1
1.4
1.2
1.3
1.3
1.2
1.1
1.2
All items excluding
Energy
Energy, food, alcoholic beverages & tobacco
Energy & unprocessed food
Seasonal food
Energy & seasonal food
Tobacco
Alcoholic beverages & tobacco
Liquid fuels, vehicle fuels & lubricants
Housing, water, electricity, gas & other fuels
Education, health & social protection
Key: - zero or negligible
†
1.3
1.1
1.2
1.5
1.6
1.6
1.6
–0.3 –0.7
0.8 0.5
1.0 0.9
–0.9 –1.4
–2.7 –3.9
1.3 1.6
2.1 2.0
–0.8
0.2
1.1
–2.7
–5.3
0.6
2.2
–0.6
0.2
0.6
–2.0
–3.9
0.3
2.0
–0.4
0.3
0.4
–1.4
–3.1
0.7
2.3
–0.1
0.6
0.5
–0.8
–2.3
1.0
2.1
–0.2
1.0
0.7
–
0.2
–0.2
2.5
–0.2
1.4
0.8
0.9
1.9
–0.2
3.0
–0.9 –1.4 –1.6 –1.3 –0.7 –0.4 –0.7 –1.0 –1.2 –0.9 –0.7 –0.3 –0.7 –0.9
6.2
1.7
0.9
2.8
7.6
7.9
7.1 7.2
7.1
9.2 10.9 10.6
9.1
9.6
6.5
3.9
5.0
6.0
5.9
5.9
6.0 6.1
6.2
7.3
9.8 12.1 13.3 13.0
6.0 –0.4 –2.8
–
9.0
9.6
8.2 8.1
7.9 11.2 12.0
9.1
5.1
6.4
–2.0 –1.8 –2.1 –1.9 –2.1 –1.6 –1.9 –2.3 –2.4 –2.4 –2.4 –2.0 –2.2 –2.6
–4.9 –4.0 –4.7 –4.7 –4.6 –4.8 –5.1 –5.8 –5.9 –5.5 –5.5 –5.5 –6.0 –5.9
–0.2
– –0.7
0.1 –0.2
0.3 –0.6 –0.4 –0.6 –0.4 –0.4
0.5 –0.3 –0.8
–0.6 –0.1 –1.3 –0.1 –0.6 –0.1 –1.2 –0.8 –1.0 –0.9 –0.8
0.3 –1.0 –1.7
1.3
0.7
1.0
1.5
1.8
1.8
1.4 1.4
0.8
1.4
1.7
1.3
1.9
2.1
–0.6 –0.4 –0.4 –0.2 –0.7 –0.8 –0.7 –1.0 –0.8 –0.5 –0.7 –1.1 –0.5
0.2
0.3
1.3
1.3
1.2
0.7
0.4
0.3 –0.1 –0.1 –0.7 –0.9 –0.9 –1.1 –1.1
–3.6 –4.4 –3.8 –4.0 –3.9 –2.8 –2.7 –3.4 –3.5 –3.6 –3.6 –3.5 –3.3 –3.8
–11.0 –12.1 –12.2 –12.3 –11.7 –10.4 –10.1 –9.7 –10.2 –10.3 –10.2 –10.3 –10.7 –11.5
–0.2 –0.6
0.1 –0.2 –0.4
0.6
0.7 –0.5 –0.6 –0.8 –0.9 –0.5 –0.2 –0.7
–1.7 –1.4 –1.8 –2.1 –1.6 –1.5 –1.6 –2.2 –2.4 –2.0 –1.6 –1.0 –0.9 –1.3
JKWW
A9IC
CJZK
A9ID
A9IE
Special aggregates2
Durables
Semi-durables
Non-durables
Seasonal food
Non-seasonal food
Energy, food, alcoholic beverages & tobacco
Energy & unprocessed food
Energy & seasonal food
Tobacco
Housing, water, electricity, gas & other fuels
Education, health & social protection4
1.4
3.8†
3.6
3.1
4.4
4.9
3.8
3.6
3.1
4.5
4.6
3.5
3.2
2.3
5.3
5.4
3.2
3.2
2.3
5.3
5.6
3.3
3.4
2.7
5.0
5.4
3.5
3.5
2.8
5.0
5.4
3.7
3.5
2.9
4.9
5.5
4.6
6.0
3.2
–0.7
5.4 5.8
6.2 6.3
4.9 5.5
–0.7 –0.1
4.8
6.5
3.2
–0.2
4.3
6.1
2.2
–0.8
5.7
6.2
4.9
0.4
6.3
6.6
6.3
0.2
5.4
6.5
4.7
–0.3
5.8
6.3
6.1
–2.8
0.5
1.0
–1.1 –1.2
–2.6
–2.1
–1.9
–2.3
–2.4
–2.7
2.1
–0.1
2.8
3.0
2.9
2.2
–
3.0
2.8
3.3
2.4
1.0
2.8
2.7
3.0
2.5
1.3
2.9
2.6
3.6
2.7
1.8
3.0
2.6
3.9
2.6
2.3
2.7
2.4
3.4
2.8
3.2
2.7
2.6
3.1
2.9
3.5
2.7
2.7
3.0
3.0
3.7
2.8
2.6
3.4
3.2
3.9
3.0
2.7
3.9
3.3
3.9
3.1
2.7
4.0
6.1
6.8
4.2
4.7
5.9
6.6
4.1
4.7
5.8
6.4
4.2
4.7
5.5
5.9
4.3
4.7
5.0
5.5
2.9
4.7
5.1
5.5
2.9
4.7
4.9
5.5
3.3
4.6
5.0
5.3
3.2
5.0
5.0
5.4
3.3
5.0
5.0
5.1
4.5
5.0
5.5
5.8
4.9
5.0
5.5
5.9
4.9
5.0
–1.3
–3.6
0.1
1.7
2.9
1.9
2.0
1.6
3.1
2.2
3.9
–1.8
–3.7
0.3
1.3
2.7
1.7
1.5
1.0
3.1
2.7
4.0
–1.4
–3.7
–0.1
–0.8
2.6
1.8
1.7
1.6
3.7
3.4
4.0
–1.6
–3.7
0.2
–0.9
2.2
2.9
4.1
4.6
3.5
3.7
4.0
–1.3
–3.2
0.3
–1.5
2.2
2.8
3.9
4.7
4.0
3.8
4.0
–1.8
–3.2
–0.2
–2.7
1.7
2.4
3.2
3.7
3.6
3.6
3.7
–1.8
–4.1
–0.5
–3.9
1.6
2.1
2.9
3.4
3.6
3.8
3.5
–1.5
–4.4
–0.8
–5.3
1.3
2.0
2.3
2.9
3.7
3.8
3.6
–2.0
–4.0
–0.4
–3.9
0.8
2.4
3.8
4.8
3.8
4.4
3.6
–2.3
–3.8
–0.6
–3.1
0.9
3.0
4.9
6.1
3.9
5.0
3.6
–1.3
–3.8
–0.4
–2.3
1.0
3.0
4.9
6.1
3.9
5.4
3.7
–2.0
–3.9
0.1
0.2
0.8
3.0
4.7
6.1
4.7
5.8
4.1
–2.4
–4.4
–
1.9
0.8
3.6
5.4
7.1
5.2
5.9
4.3
1.3
1.1
1.2
1.3
1.3
1.2
1.3
1.4
1.2
1.1
1.2
0.9
1.1
1.1
1.1
1.0
1.1
1.2
0.9
0.9
1.0
0.9
1.1
1.2
1.1
1.1
1.1
1.2
0.8
0.9
1.2
1.1
1.2
1.6
1.3
1.4
1.4
1.3
1.3
1.3
1.2
1.3
1.4
1.6
1.4
1.5
1.6
1.3
1.4
1.4
1.1
1.1
1.3
1.6
1.2
1.4
1.4
1.2
1.1
1.3
1.0
1.1
1.1
1.5
1.1
1.3
1.2
1.1
1.0
1.1
0.8
0.8
0.9
1.3
0.9
1.0
1.1
0.8
0.7
1.0
0.7
0.9
0.9
1.3
0.9
1.2
1.2
0.9
0.8
1.1
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.5
1.0
1.4
1.4
1.1
1.1
1.3
1.2
1.4
1.3
1.8
1.3
1.6
1.6
1.5
1.3
1.6
1.2
1.3
1.3
1.6
1.3
1.6
1.7
1.6
1.1
1.5
1.2
1.1
1.3
1.6
1.2
1.6
1.6
1.5
1.2
1.6
Date of earliest revision
1 Prior to 10 December 2003, the consumer prices index (CPI) was published
in the UK as the harmonised index of consumer prices (HICP).
2 For further information on the composition of these special aggregates, see
’The Consumer Prices Index: Goods and Services Indices and Special
Aggregates’, which can be downloaded from: www.statistics.gov.uk/cpi
3.4
3.1
2.2
5.4
5.6
3 For further information on the composition of the industrial goods aggregates,
see ’The Consumer Prices Index: Goods and Services Indices and Special
Aggregates’, which can be downloaded from: www.statistics.gov.uk/cpi
4 The coverage of this special aggregate has changed extensively since January
2000, when Social protection was first included and extentions to the Education
and Health divisions also took effect. Health was further extended with effect
from January 2001. Details are given in a series of Economic Trends articles
available on the National Statistics website: www.statistics.gov.uk/cpi
Source: National Statistics
3.6
CPI1: Detailed goods and services breakdown: 1996 to 2004
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
CPI (overall index)
CHVJ
100.0
101.8
103.4
104.8
105.6
106.9
108.3
109.8
111.2
All goods
Food, alcoholic beverages & tobacco
Processed food & non-alcoholic beverages
Non-processed food
Seasonal food
Meat
Alcoholic beverages & tobacco
ICUF
A9GD
A9GE
A9GF
A9GG
CHXC
CHVL
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.8
101.2
101.1
98.3
96.3
100.3
104.0
101.1
103.6
102.0
99.5
101.9
96.9
109.7
101.2
105.9
101.8
100.4
103.8
96.7
116.8
100.3
107.1
101.3
99.8
102.3
97.1
122.2
99.5
111.0
102.7
106.1
110.5
101.3
126.2
98.4
112.2
103.7
106.7
111.2
101.7
128.5
97.8
113.8
105.3
107.5
112.7
101.8
130.9
97.4
115.0
106.6
107.4
111.0
103.5
133.5
A9GH
A9GI
A9GJ
A9H9
A9G8
A9GL
A9GM
A9GN
A9GO
A9GP
A9GQ
A9GR
A9GS
A9GT
A9GU
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.5
103.2
97.2
109.5
99.8
97.5
100.4
99.9
102.9
102.8
102.1
98.1
90.2
101.8
101.9
99.8
103.5
93.5
114.3
98.9
93.5
100.7
99.7
106.0
106.4
101.7
95.3
78.8
103.0
104.7
98.9
108.1
93.1
124.1
96.7
88.5
100.2
98.8
107.4
108.5
98.9
92.4
68.2
103.7
105.6
97.3
115.7
91.3
141.9
93.3
81.8
98.0
96.4
106.1
111.2
94.7
90.0
60.9
103.6
102.6
94.8
112.6
92.1
134.7
90.9
75.4
97.5
95.7
106.5
113.5
91.7
88.6
56.3
103.9
102.4
92.7
111.7
95.0
129.9
88.7
69.8
97.2
95.1
106.7
114.0
91.1
86.5
52.3
103.3
100.5
91.5
114.7
96.3
134.9
86.9
67.1
96.4
94.0
107.8
114.2
90.7
83.4
47.2
102.6
99.8
90.6
121.8
102.6
143.1
85.1
63.8
96.2
93.4
109.3
113.5
91.0
80.4
42.0
102.4
98.1
ICUG
A9GV
CHWC
A9GW
A9GX
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
103.7
104.2
103.3
106.6
104.5
107.6
108.4
106.4
113.2
109.5
111.4
112.4
109.6
118.9
115.2
115.0†
115.9
113.1
120.3
123.1
119.6
120.2
116.9
125.1
131.0
124.7
124.5
120.0
132.0
138.5
129.2
127.6
121.8
139.0
145.6
133.5
131.6
124.4
146.4
153.2
Travel & transport services
Services for personal transport equipment
Transport services
Transport insurance
A9GY
A9GZ
CHWO
CHZP
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
104.7
105.2
104.0
104.4
109.3
109.9
107.5
116.6
114.1
114.6
111.3
130.8
119.4
119.8
115.2
151.4
126.6
126.9
122.0
165.2
131.4
133.8
124.8
169.6
139.4
143.1
130.5
179.0
146.4
151.9
135.3
180.9
Communication
CHVR
100.0
97.2
95.8
93.0
89.3
83.4
84.1
84.5
83.9
Recreational & personal services
Package holidays & accommodation
Other recreational & personal services
Catering services
Non-catering recreational & personal services
A9H2
A9H3
A9H4
CHWU
A9H5
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
103.9
105.4
103.6
103.6
103.5
108.1
110.2
107.6
107.7
107.4
112.0
114.5
111.4
111.5
111.2
116.1
122.0
114.5
114.5
114.4
120.9
131.5
118.1
118.3
117.6
126.7
140.9
122.9
122.4
124.5
131.0
146.1
126.9
126.1
129.1
134.1
147.9
130.4
129.6
132.8
Miscellaneous & other services
Miscellaneous services
Medical services (Dec 1999=100)
Education
A9H7
A9H6
A9H8
CHVT
100.0
100.0
..
100.0
104.6
103.9
..
105.1
110.1
108.5
..
111.1
115.9
113.5
..
117.3
121.5
117.3
102.4
124.2
129.6
125.3
107.4
131.7
136.6
131.4
114.4
139.2
142.3
135.2
121.2
149.6
150.1
143.2
125.7
156.7
A9G9
A9GA
A9GB
A9GG
A9GC
A9HJ
A9HK
A9HL
CHVZ
CHVN
A9HM
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
99.4
98.7
102.1
96.3
100.5
101.7
101.0
101.2
107.4
101.7
104.2
97.3
96.5
104.8
101.9
99.5
103.6
101.7
103.0
116.6
102.9
109.2
94.3
92.9
106.4
103.8
99.4
106.5
104.7
106.8
130.0
105.2
113.9
90.4
87.9
106.1
102.3
99.4
109.6
108.6
111.7
141.2
106.7
119.4
87.9
83.8
107.1
110.5
101.9
111.5
110.1
112.4
148.9
109.1
125.6
86.6
79.9
107.1
111.2
102.9
112.1
109.9
112.0
153.4
111.9
131.7
84.8
77.1
107.6
112.7
104.3
114.0
111.9
114.5
158.8
114.0
138.7
83.4
74.3
107.5
111.0
106.3
116.7
115.4
118.6
164.5
118.2
144.0
A9HA
A9HB
A9HC
A9HD
A9HE
A9GK
A9HF
A9HG
A9HH
A9HI
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
101.7
101.9
102.0
102.0
101.9
101.6
101.7
101.5
101.8
101.8
103.4
103.4
103.7
103.5
103.5
102.9
103.0
103.0
103.5
103.3
104.5
104.1
104.8
104.8
104.5
104.0
104.0
104.0
104.7
104.6
104.8
104.2
105.2
105.7
104.8
104.5
104.6
104.2
105.5
105.3
106.3
105.3
106.4
106.8
106.2
105.7
105.7
105.7
106.6
106.5
107.9
106.9
108.0
108.2
107.7
107.0
107.0
107.3
107.8
107.6
109.2
108.2
109.4
109.6
109.1
108.3
108.5
108.7
109.2
108.8
110.4
109.4
110.7
111.2
110.4
109.7
109.9
110.0
110.4
110.1
Industrial goods3
Energy
Electricity, gas & miscellaneous energy
Liquid fuels, vehicle fuels & lubricants
Non-energy industrial goods
Clothing & footwear goods
Housing goods
Household goods
Water supply; materials for maintenance & repair
Medical products, appliances & equipment
Vehicles, spare parts & accessories
Recreational goods
Audio-visual goods
Other recreational goods
Miscellaneous goods
All services
Housing services
Actual rentals for housing
Primary housing services
Other housing services
Special aggregates2
Durables
Semi-durables
Non-durables
Seasonal food
Non-seasonal food
Energy, food, alcoholic beverages & tobacco
Energy & unprocessed food
Energy & seasonal food
Tobacco
Housing, water, electricity, gas & other fuels
Education, health & social protection4
All items excluding
Energy
Energy, food, alcoholic beverages & tobacco
Energy & unprocessed food
Seasonal food
Energy & seasonal food
Tobacco
Alcoholic beverages & tobacco
Liquid fuels, vehicle fuels & lubricants
Housing, water, electricity, gas & other fuels
Education, health & social protection
Key: - zero or negligible
†
Date of earliest revision
1 Prior to 10 December 2003, the consumer prices index (CPI) was published
in the UK as the harmonised index of consumer prices (HICP).
2 For further information on the composition of these special aggregates, see
’The Consumer Prices Index: Goods and Services Indices and Special
Aggregates’, which can be downloaded from: www.statistics.gov.uk/cpi
3 For further information on the composition of the industrial goods aggregates,
see ’The Consumer Prices Index: Goods and Services Indices and Special
Aggregates’, which can be downloaded from: www.statistics.gov.uk/cpi
4 The coverage of this special aggregate has changed extensively since January
2000, when Social protection was first included and extentions to the Education
and Health divisions also took effect. Health was further extended with effect
from January 2001. Details are given in a series of Economic Trends articles
available on the National Statistics website: www.statistics.gov.uk/cpi
Source: National Statistics
3.7
CPI1: Detailed goods and services breakdown: 1997 to 2004
percentage change over 12 months
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
CPI (overall index)
CJYR
1.8
1.6
1.3
0.8
1.2
1.3
1.4
1.3
All goods
Food, alcoholic beverages & tobacco
Processed food & non-alcoholic beverages
Non-processed food
Seasonal food
Meat
Alcoholic beverages & tobacco
JKWV
A9HS
A9HT
A9HU
A9HV
CKLD
CJYT
0.8
1.2
1.2
–1.7
–3.7
0.3
4.1
0.3
2.4
0.8
1.2
5.8
–3.4
5.4
–
2.2
–0.2
0.9
1.9
–0.2
6.4
–0.8
1.1
–0.5
–0.6
–1.4
0.5
4.7
–0.8
3.6
1.4
6.3
8.0
4.3
3.2
–1.2
1.1
1.0
0.6
0.7
0.4
1.8
–0.6
1.4
1.5
0.8
1.3
0.1
1.9
–0.4
1.1
1.3
–0.1
–1.5
1.7
2.0
A9HW
A9HX
A9HY
A9IO
A9HN
A9I2
A9I3
A9I4
A9I5
A9I6
A9I7
A9I8
A9I9
A9IA
A9IB
0.5
3.2
–2.8
9.5
–0.2
–2.5
0.4
–0.1
2.9
2.8
2.1
–2.0
–9.8
1.8
2.0
–0.7
0.4
–3.7
4.3
–0.9
–4.0
0.4
–0.2
3.1
3.5
–0.4
–2.8
–12.7
1.2
2.7
–0.9
4.4
–0.5
8.6
–2.2
–5.4
–0.5
–0.9
1.3
2.0
–2.7
–3.0
–13.5
0.7
0.8
–1.7
7.0
–1.9
14.3
–3.6
–7.6
–2.1
–2.4
–1.2
2.5
–4.3
–2.6
–10.6
–0.1
–2.9
–2.5
–2.7
0.8
–5.1
–2.6
–7.8
–0.5
–0.7
0.3
2.1
–3.1
–1.5
–7.6
0.3
–0.2
–2.2
–0.8
3.2
–3.5
–2.4
–7.4
–0.3
–0.6
0.1
0.5
–0.7
–2.4
–7.0
–0.6
–1.8
–1.4
2.7
1.4
3.9
–2.1
–3.9
–0.8
–1.2
1.1
0.1
–0.4
–3.6
–9.9
–0.7
–0.7
–0.9
6.2
6.5
6.0
–2.0
–4.9
–0.2
–0.6
1.3
–0.6
0.3
–3.6
–11.0
–0.2
–1.7
JKWW
A9IC
CJZK
A9ID
A9IE
3.7
4.2
3.3
6.6
4.5
3.8
4.0
3.0
6.2
4.8
3.5
3.7
3.0
5.1
5.2
4.0
3.7
3.3
4.0
6.4
4.3
3.5
2.7
5.5
5.7
3.6
2.5
1.5
5.3
5.1
3.3
3.1
2.2
5.3
5.3
Travel & transport services
Services for personal transport equipment
Transport services
Transport insurance
A9IF
A9IG
CJZW
CKNQ
4.7
5.2
4.0
4.4
4.3
4.5
3.3
11.7
4.5
4.3
3.5
12.1
4.6
4.5
3.5
15.8
6.0
6.0
5.9
9.1
3.8
5.4
2.3
2.7
6.0
6.9
4.6
5.5
5.0
6.2
3.7
1.1
Communication
CJYZ
–2.8
–1.5
–2.9
–3.9
–6.6
0.8
0.5
–0.7
Recreational & personal services
Package holidays & accommodation
Other recreational & personal services
Catering services
Non-catering recreational & personal services
A9IH
A9II
A9IJ
CKKV
A9IK
3.9
5.4
3.6
3.6
3.5
4.0
4.6
3.9
3.9
3.8
3.7
3.9
3.6
3.6
3.6
3.6
6.6
2.8
2.7
2.9
4.2
7.8
3.1
3.3
2.8
4.8
7.2
4.1
3.4
5.9
3.4
3.7
3.2
3.1
3.7
2.4
1.3
2.7
2.7
2.9
Miscellaneous & other services
Miscellaneous services
Medical services (Dec 1999=100)
Education
A9IM
A9IL
A9IN
CJZB
4.6
3.9
..
5.1
5.2
4.5
..
5.7
5.3
4.6
..
5.6
4.8
3.4
..
5.8
6.7
6.8
5.0
6.0
5.4
4.9
6.5
5.7
4.2
2.9
5.9
7.5
5.4
5.9
3.7
4.7
A9HO
A9HP
A9HQ
A9HV
A9HR
A9IY
A9IZ
A9J2
CJZH
CJYV
A9J3
–0.6
–1.3
2.1
–3.7
0.5
1.7
1.0
1.2
7.4
1.7
4.2
–2.1
–2.2
2.7
5.8
–1.0
1.8
0.7
1.8
8.6
1.2
4.8
–3.2
–3.7
1.5
1.9
–0.1
2.8
2.9
3.7
11.4
2.2
4.3
–4.1
–5.4
–0.3
–1.4
–
2.9
3.8
4.6
8.7
1.4
4.8
–2.7
–4.7
0.9
8.0
2.6
1.8
1.4
0.6
5.4
2.3
5.3
–1.5
–4.7
0.1
0.7
1.0
0.5
–0.2
–0.3
3.0
2.5
4.8
–2.1
–3.5
0.5
1.3
1.4
1.7
1.8
2.2
3.5
1.9
5.3
–1.6
–3.7
–0.1
–1.5
1.9
2.4
3.2
3.6
3.6
3.7
3.8
A9IP
A9IQ
A9IR
A9IS
A9IT
A9HZ
A9IU
A9IV
A9IW
A9IX
1.7
1.9
2.0
2.0
1.9
1.6
1.7
1.5
1.8
1.8
1.7
1.5
1.7
1.4
1.5
1.3
1.3
1.4
1.6
1.5
1.1
0.7
1.0
1.3
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.2
1.3
0.2
0.1
0.3
0.9
0.3
0.5
0.6
0.2
0.7
0.7
1.5
1.1
1.2
1.0
1.3
1.1
1.1
1.5
1.1
1.1
1.4
1.5
1.5
1.3
1.4
1.2
1.2
1.5
1.1
1.1
1.3
1.3
1.3
1.4
1.3
1.3
1.3
1.3
1.3
1.1
1.1
1.1
1.1
1.4
1.2
1.3
1.3
1.2
1.1
1.2
Industrial goods3
Energy
Electricity, gas & miscellaneous energy
Liquid fuels, vehicle fuels & lubricants
Non-energy industrial goods
Clothing & footwear goods
Housing goods
Household goods
Water supply; materials for maintenance & repair
Medical products, appliances & equipment
Vehicles, spare parts & accessories
Recreational goods
Audio-visual goods
Other recreational goods
Miscellaneous goods
All services
Housing services
Actual rentals for housing
Primary housing services
Other housing services
Special aggregates2
Durables
Semi-durables
Non-durables
Seasonal food
Non-seasonal food
Energy, food, alcoholic beverages & tobacco
Energy & unprocessed food
Energy & seasonal food
Tobacco
Housing, water, electricity, gas & other fuels
Education, health & social protection4
All items excluding
Energy
Energy, food, alcoholic beverages & tobacco
Energy & unprocessed food
Seasonal food
Energy & seasonal food
Tobacco
Alcoholic beverages & tobacco
Liquid fuels, vehicle fuels & lubricants
Housing, water, electricity, gas & other fuels
Education, health & social protection
Key: - zero or negligible
†
Date of earliest revision
1 Prior to 10 December 2003, the consumer prices index (CPI) was published
in the UK as the harmonised index of consumer prices (HICP).
2 For further information on the composition of these special aggregates, see
’The Consumer Prices Index: Goods and Services Indices and Special
Aggregates’, which can be downloaded from: www.statistics.gov.uk/cpi
3.3†
3.1
3.2
1.1
6.8
3 For further information on the composition of the industrial goods aggregates,
see ’The Consumer Prices Index: Goods and Services Indices and Special
Aggregates’, which can be downloaded from: www.statistics.gov.uk/cpi
4 The coverage of this special aggregate has changed extensively since January
2000, when Social protection was first included and extentions to the Education
and Health divisions also took effect. Health was further extended with effect
from January 2001. Details are given in a series of Economic Trends articles
available on the National Statistics website: www.statistics.gov.uk/cpi
Source: National Statistics
3.8
CPI1: Detailed goods and services breakdown: Weights 1996 to 2005
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
CPI (overall index)
CHZQ
1 000
1 000
1 000
1 000
1 000
1 000
1 000
1 000
1 000
1 000
All goods
Food, alcoholic beverages & tobacco
Processed food & non-alcoholic beverages
Non-processed food
Seasonal food
Meat
Alcoholic beverages & tobacco
ICVH
A9EW
A9EX
A9EY
A9EZ
CJWC
CHZS
641
226
87
69
35
34
70
640
223
87
65
31
34
71
642
212
81
63
33
30
68
628
204
78
63
35
28
63
591
178
62
59
32
27
57
564
162
58
56
31
25
48
543
166
61
54
30
24
51
534
155
60
48
26
22
47
533
152
57
49
27
22
46
536
152
57
49
26
23
46
A9F2
A9F3
A9F4
A9FS
A9ER
A9F6
A9F7
A9F8
A9F9
A9FA
A9FB
A9FC
A9FD
A9FE
A9FF
415
85
44
41
330
66
95
80
15
7
66
68
22
46
28
417
87
43
44
330
67
96
81
15
7
64
67
21
46
29
430
86
42
44
344
67
100
83
17
8
75
67
18
49
27
424
83
39
44
341
67
100
84
16
7
77
63
16
47
27
413
71
31
40
342
68
88
72
16
10
62
84
19
65
30
402
66
27
39
336
65
86
71
15
12
52
92
22
70
29
377
56
27
29
321
60
78
62
16
10
50
95
29
66
28
379
55
27
28
324
61
75
61
14
10
57
93
30
63
28
381
52
25
27
329
61
85
69
16
10
60
85
25
60
28
384
55
27
28
329
62
76
59
17
12
59
88
24
64
32
ICVI
A9FG
CJVC
A9FH
A9FI
359
86
55
21
10
360
86
55
21
10
358
87
57
21
9
372
88
57
23
8
409
77
53
18
6
436
77
53
17
7
457
71
50
14
7
466
70
50
13
7
467
68
48
14
6
464
67
47
14
6
Travel & transport services
Services for personal transport equipment
Transport services
Transport insurance
A9FJ
A9FK
CJVO
CJYQ
52
28
20
4
52
28
20
4
48
26
20
2
50
26
21
3
63
29
32
2
65
30
33
2
64
30
32
2
63
30
30
3
68
34
31
3
67
30
32
5
Communication
CHZY
21
21
22
23
25
25
24
25
26
25
Recreational & personal services
Package holidays & accommodation
Other recreational & personal services
Catering services
Non-catering recreational & personal services
A9FL
A9FM
A9FN
CJVU
A9FO
182
35
147
107
40
183
35
148
108
40
179
36
143
103
40
193
39
154
109
45
212
49
163
116
47
221
46
175
128
47
210
50
160
118
42
213
52
161
118
43
210
49
161
119
42
211
47
164
121
43
Miscellaneous & other services
Miscellaneous services
Medical services (Dec 1999=100)
Education
A9FQ
A9FP
A9FR
CJUU
18
7
..
11
18
7
..
11
22
8
..
14
18
8
..
10
32
15
4
13
48
23
13
12
88
58
13
17
95
62
13
20
95
67
12
16
94
65
12
17
A9ES
A9ET
A9EU
A9EZ
A9EV
A9G4
A9G5
A9G6
CJWP
CHZU
A9G7
130
117
83
35
106
311
154
120
35
134
18
126
119
85
31
106
310
152
118
36
133
18
132
125
87
33
96
298
149
119
36
136
22
138
119
84
35
92
287
146
118
33
133
17
126
128
88
32
77
249
130
103
31
118
33
120
127
89
31
72
228
122
97
28
112
49
114
127
80
30
73
222
110
86
31
107
54
120
128
76
26
69
210
103
81
28
104
57
126
126
77
27
67
204
101
79
27
103
51
117
131
81
26
67
207
104
81
26
105
54
A9FT
A9FU
A9FV
A9FW
A9FX
A9F5
A9FY
A9FZ
A9G2
A9G3
915
689
846
965
880
965
930
959
866
982
913
690
848
969
882
964
929
956
867
982
914
702
851
967
881
964
932
956
864
978
917
713
854
965
882
967
937
956
867
983
929
751
870
968
897
969
943
960
882
967
934
772
878
969
903
972
952
961
888
951
944
778
890
970
914
969
949
971
893
946
945
790
897
974
919
972
953
972
896
943
948
796
899
973
921
973
954
973
897
949
945
793
896
974
919
974
954
972
895
946
Industrial goods3
Energy
Electricity, gas & miscellaneous energy
Liquid fuels, vehicle fuels & lubricants
Non-energy industrial goods
Clothing & footwear goods
Housing goods
Household goods
Water supply; materials for maintenance & repair
Medical products, appliances & equipment
Vehicles, spare parts & accessories
Recreational goods
Audio-visual goods
Other recreational goods
Miscellaneous goods
All services
Housing services
Actual rentals for housing
Primary housing services
Other housing services
Special aggregates2
Durables
Semi-durables
Non-durables
Seasonal food
Non-seasonal food
Energy, food, alcoholic beverages & tobacco
Energy & unprocessed food
Energy & seasonal food
Tobacco
Housing, water, electricity, gas & other fuels
Education, health & social protection4
All items excluding
Energy
Energy, food, alcoholic beverages & tobacco
Energy & unprocessed food
Seasonal food
Energy & seasonal food
Tobacco
Alcoholic beverages & tobacco
Liquid fuels, vehicle fuels & lubricants
Housing, water, electricity, gas & other fuels
Education, health & social protection
Key: - zero or negligible
1 Prior to 10 December 2003, the consumer prices index (CPI) was published
in the UK as the harmonised index of consumer prices (HICP).
2 For further information on the composition of these special aggregates, see
’The Consumer Prices Index: Goods and Services Indices and Special
Aggregates’, which can be downloaded from: www.statistics.gov.uk/cpi
3 For further information on the composition of the industrial goods aggregates,
see ’The Consumer Prices Index: Goods and Services Indices and Special
Aggregates’, which can be downloaded from: www.statistics.gov.uk/cpi
4 The coverage of this special aggregate has changed extensively since January
2000, when Social protection was first included and extentions to the Education
and Health divisions also took effect. Health was further extended with effect
from January 2001. Details are given in a series of Economic Trends articles
available on the National Statistics website: www.statistics.gov.uk/cpi
Source: National Statistics