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30 Oct 2006 : Column 16W—continued


Percentage changes over a year earlier
1 pensioner 2 pensioner
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4

1976

25.6

17.9

15.9

18.1

25.2

17.4

15.4

17.9

1977

17.5

18.1

18.4

13.4

18.1

18.4

18.0

13.0

1978

10.3

8.3

7.3

6.6

9.4

7.8

7.5

7.1

1979

8.8

8.9

13.1

15.8

9.0

9.2

13.5

15.8

1980

16.7

18.8

16.0

14.7

16.6

18.8

15.3

14.0

1981

13.0

11.4

10.5

10.7

12.6

11.4

11.0

11.5

1982

10.9

10.4

8.7

7.5

11.2

10.0

8.2

7.0

1983

5.4

3.7

4.3

4.6

5.0

3.8

4.6

4.8

1984

4.7

5.8

5.0

4.4

5.0

6.0

5.1

4.5

1985

4.8

5.0

4.9

4.8

4.9

5.0

5.0

4.7

1986

4.2

3.1

3.0

2.6

4.1

2.9

3.0

2.7

1987

2.4

2.2

1.9

2.6

2.7

2.5

2.2

2.9

1988

2.5

3.4

4.4

4.5

2.8

3.5

4.4

4.4

1989

5.1

5.2

5.4

6.2

4.9

5.3

5.5

6.2

1990

6.8

7.4

8.0

8.1

6.7

7.2

8.0

8.1

1991

7.4

7.9

7.2

6.1

7.2

8.2

7.2

6.4

1992

5.7

3.8

2.4

2.1

6.3

4.1

2.9

2.5

1993

2.1

2.1

2.4

1.8

2.4

2.7

3.2

2.3

1994

1.1

2.0

1.9

2.1

1.9

2.0

1.9

2.3

1995

3.0

2.2

2.6

2.8

3.0

2.5

2.9

3.1

1996

2.7

2.6

2.2

1.8

2.9

2.9

2.5

2.4

1997

1.1

0.8

1.0

1.2

1.6

1.2

1.6

1.7

1998

1.1

1.4

1.3

1.7

1.5

1.9

1.6

1.8

1999

2.0

1.6

1.4

1.0

2.1

1.8

1.5

1.4

2000

0.7

0.7

1.1

0.7

1.0

1.1

1.5

1.3

2001

0.4

1.5

1.3

1.8

1.0

2.0

1.5

1.5

2002

2.7

1.3

1.3

1.4

2.3

1.1

1.1

1.5

2003

1.3

1.7

2.1

2.1

1.6

1.7

2.1

2.0

2004

1.9

1.9

1.4

1.8

1.7

1.8

1.3

1.6

2005

2.3

2.4

2.9

3.0

1.8

1.9

2.4

2.4

2006

2.9

4.1

5.1

2.4

3.3

4.2

(1) Separate indices are produced for 1 and for 2 pensioner households that are excluded from the RPI. That is households where the head of the household is retired (at least 65 years of age for men and 60 years or more for women) and economically inactive, and where at least three quarters of the household’s income is from state benefits. Source: National Statistics

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