Inflation: Statistics
(asked on 9th October 2026) - View Source
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether yearly changes in the level of (a) council tax across Great Britain and (b) domestic rates in Northern Ireland, are taken into account by the Office of National Statistics into the calculation of any measure of inflation.
This question was answered on 19th October 2026
The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.
A response to the hon. Member's Parliamentary Question of 9th October is attached.