Liam Murray
Producer Price Index Operations
Telephone: +44 (0)1633 455811
Categories: Economy, Prices, Output and Productivity, Price Indices and Inflation, Producer Price Indices
Frequency of release: Monthly
Language: English
Geographical coverage: UK
Geographical breakdown: UK and GB
Survey name(s): Index Numbers of Producer Prices (PPI): Provision of Price Information
Contains cost indices (purchase of materials and fuels, average weekly earnings, general expenses and combined costs) relating to four aerospace and electronics industries.
The data are based on the Standard Industrial Classification SIC (2007) and are calculated on a base year of 2005=100. The indices are widely used by government and business as an authoritative source of information on inflation, cost adjusting and price variation in trading contracts.
The United Kingdom Statistics Authority has designated these statistics as National Statistics, in accordance with the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 and signifying compliance with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics.
Designation can be broadly interpreted to mean that the statistics:
Once statistics have been designated as National Statistics it is a statutory requirement that the Code of Practice shall continue to be observed.