Summary

Price indices, percentage changes and weights for the different measures of consumer price inflation.

Publications

• Consumer price inflation, UK: July 2021

  Price indices, percentage changes, and weights for the different measures of consumer price inflation.

Data

• Consumer price inflation item indices and price quotes

  Price quote data (for locally collected items only) and item indices that underpin consumer price inflation statistics, giving users access to the detailed data that are used in the construction of the UK’s inflation figures. The data are being made available for research purposes only and are not an accredited official statistic. From October 2024, private school fees and part-time education classes have been included in the item indices file. 

• Consumer price inflation tables

  Measures of monthly UK inflation data including CPIH, CPI and RPI. These tables complement the consumer price inflation time series dataset.

• Consumer price inflation detailed briefing note

  The consumer price inflation detailed briefing note contains details of the items contributing to the changes in the CPIH (and RPI), details of any notable movements, a summary of the reconciliation of CPIH and RPI, and the outlook, which looks ahead to next month’s release.

Contact details

Changes to this release date

1. Previous date

   18 August 2021 9:30am

   Reason for change

   As the demand increases for statistics and data to measure the impact of the COVID19 pandemic, we have had to change data gathering and release practices, focusing efforts on priority analysis and statistics. As such we have re-scheduled this release. Please see our statement on how we are responding to the coronavirus illness. https://www.ons.gov.uk/news/statementsandletters/covid19andtheproductionofstatistics

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