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Rents: Inflation

Question for Treasury

UIN HL845, tabled on 4 December 2023

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to address challenges that may arise from the new methodology for assessing rental prices in inflation data.

Answered on

15 December 2023

The independent Office for National Statistics (ONS) is responsible for measuring rents and inflation. The government takes note of ONS’s plans to improve the measurement of rental prices.

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Treasury