National Minimum Wage

National Minimum Wage
64
Table 2.11: CPI, RPI and SPPI Price Inflation for Selected Goods and Services, UK,
1999-2011
CPI
RPI
SPPI
1999 Q1-
2004 Q3
2004 Q3-
2007 Q3
Percentage change
2007 Q3-
2010 Q3
2010 Q3-
2011 Q3
1999 Q1-
2011 Q3
All items 7.0 6.7 9.7 4.7 31.1
Restaurants and cafes 17.2 10.0 10.6 4.9 49.5
Canteens 28.8 11.6 7.7 3.9 60.8
Dry cleaning 18.0 13.8 7.6 4.5 51.1
Domestic and household
services
38.5 14.4 8.4 1.7 74.7
Hairdressing 31.1 12.2 8.2 3.3 64.4
All items 14.5 10.5 8.4 5.2 44.3
Restaurant meals 19.1 9.0 10.4 4.4 49.5
Canteen meals 32.0 11.9 8.7 2.8 65.0
Take-aways and snacks 18.2 9.2 10.5 4.2 48.5
Beer on-sales 16.4 11.4 11.4 5.7 52.8
Wine and spirits on-sales 18.0 9.3 11.3 6.1 52.3
Domestic services 35.0 15.5 10.4 2.8 76.9
Personal services 32.7 14.3 12.0 4.4 77.6
Net sector 10.6 8.7 6.0 3.0 31.7
Hotels 9.7 13.1 -6.7 -0.6 15.1
Canteens and catering 8.1 9.2 5.8 1.0 26.1
Employment agencies 20.9 7.5 3.1 0.2 34.2
Security services 23.3 10.2 1.0 0.4 37.7
Industrial cleaning 4.2 8.0 3.2 1.6 18.1
Commercial washing and dry
cleaning
8.3 5.7 2.2 1.4 18.6
Source: LPC estimates based on ONS data, CPI all items (D7BT); restaurants and cafes (D7EW); canteens (D7EX); dry-cleaning, repair
and hire of clothing (D7DM); domestic services and household services (D7E6); hairdressing and personal grooming establishments
(D7EY); RPI all items (CHAW); restaurant meals (DOBE); canteen meals (DOBF); take-aways and snacks (DOBG); beer on sales (DOBI);
wine and spirits on sales (DOBL); domestic services (DOCI); personal services (DOCR); SPPI aggregate net sector SIC 2003 basis (I5RX)
and SIC 2007 basis (K8ZW); hotels (K8TE); canteens and catering (K8TP); employment agencies (K8XZ); security services (K8YH);
industrial cleaning (K8YQ); commercial washing and dry cleaning (K8ZM), quarterly, not seasonally adjusted, UK, Q1 1999-Q3 2011.
Note: SPPI net sector data are only available on the SIC 2007 basis from Q1 2003 onwards. On the SIC 2003 basis they are available
from Q4 1997 to Q2 2010. Data provided here use the SIC 2003 basis and assume it would have grown at the same rate as the SIC
2007 data between Q2 2010 and Q3 2011. All other SPPI figures are on the SIC 2007 basis.