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answering dept id	14
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer%2C for what reasons %28a%29 his Department uses different indices to measure inflation and %28b%29 benefit increases are pegged to the lower index.
max answer › date of answer	2019-02-28
max answer › question first answered	2019-06-18T15:21:37.133Z

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28/01/2019

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Inflation and Social Security Benefits

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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reasons (a) his Department uses different indices to measure inflation and (b) benefit increases are pegged to the lower index.

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East Londonderry

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Mr Gregory Campbell

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31/01/2019

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<p>The government currently makes use of both the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) and the Retail Prices Index (RPI). We recognise that there are issues in the way that RPI is measured and, as set out at Autumn Budget 2018, the government’s objective is to reduce the use of RPI when and where practicable.</p>

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Salisbury

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John Glen

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31/01/2019 15:57:25

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label	Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell