The 'shopping basket' of items making up the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) and Retail Prices Index (RPI) are reviewed every year.
Some items are taken out of the basket, some are brought in, to reflect changes in the market and to make sure the CPI and RPI are up to date and representative of consumer spending patterns.
These articles describe the review process and explain how and why the various items in the CPI and RPI baskets are chosen, for each year listed.
2013 - CPI and RPI Basket of Goods and Services (354.4 Kb Pdf)
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
(196.9 Kb Pdf)
2007
(281.7 Kb Pdf)
2006
2005
2004
2002
(34.2 Kb Pdf)
RPI Basket of Goods and Services - 2003 (35 Kb Pdf)
CPI Inflation 1947 - 2004 (151 Kb Pdf)
RPI Price Indicators Annex - 2000 (26 Kb Pdf)
RPI Basket of Goods and Services - 2001 (35.2 Kb Pdf)
RPI Basket of Goods and Services - 1999 (36.8 Kb Pdf)
RPI Basket of Goods and Services - 1998 (23.4 Kb Pdf)
RPI Basket of Goods and Services - 1997 (23.5 Kb Pdf)
