Pensioner Prices Index
Since 1969, RPI pensioner indices have
been compiled on a quarterly basis for these pensioner households
excluded from the RPI (separately for one and two pensioner households).
These indices are based on the spending patterns of these specific
households, and contain some pensioner specific items such as OAP bus
and rail fares. They exclude items such as canteen meals, which are not
relevant due to very small expenditure levels. They also exclude housing
costs on the grounds that the price indicators used in the RPI would
overstate the price increases experienced by these pensioners, because
no allowance is made for rebates e.g. on council tax and local authority
rents
Table 1: RPI pensioner indices :
1976 to 2006 (January 1987=100)
Quarterly Indices (January
1987=100)
| |
1 pensioner |
2 pensioner |
| |
Q1 |
Q2 |
Q3 |
Q4 |
Q1 |
Q2 |
Q3 |
Q4 |
| 1976 |
39.4 |
41.0 |
41.8 |
44.3 |
39.4 |
40.9 |
41.8 |
44.3 |
| 1977 |
46.3 |
48.4 |
49.4 |
50.2 |
46.6 |
48.5 |
49.3 |
50.1 |
| 1978 |
51.1 |
52.4 |
53.1 |
53.6 |
51.0 |
52.3 |
53.0 |
53.6 |
| 1979 |
55.6 |
57.1 |
60.0 |
62.0 |
55.5 |
57.1 |
60.2 |
62.1 |
| 1980 |
64.9 |
67.8 |
69.6 |
71.2 |
64.8 |
67.8 |
69.3 |
70.7 |
| 1981 |
73.3 |
75.6 |
76.9 |
78.8 |
73.0 |
75.6 |
76.9 |
78.9 |
| 1982 |
81.3 |
83.4 |
83.6 |
84.7 |
81.2 |
83.1 |
83.2 |
84.4 |
| 1983 |
85.7 |
86.5 |
87.2 |
88.6 |
85.2 |
86.3 |
87.0 |
88.4 |
| 1984 |
89.7 |
91.5 |
91.5 |
92.5 |
89.5 |
91.5 |
91.4 |
92.4 |
| 1985 |
94.0 |
96.1 |
96.1 |
96.9 |
93.9 |
96.0 |
96.0 |
96.8 |
| 1986 |
97.9 |
99.0 |
99.0 |
99.4 |
97.7 |
98.8 |
98.9 |
99.4 |
| 1987 |
100.3 |
101.2 |
100.9 |
102.0 |
100.3 |
101.3 |
101.1 |
102.3 |
| 1988 |
102.8 |
104.6 |
105.3 |
106.6 |
103.1 |
104.8 |
105.5 |
106.8 |
| 1989 |
108.0 |
110.0 |
111.0 |
113.2 |
108.2 |
110.4 |
111.3 |
113.4 |
| 1990 |
115.3 |
118.1 |
119.9 |
122.4 |
115.4 |
118.3 |
120.2 |
122.6 |
| 1991 |
123.8 |
127.4 |
128.5 |
129.9 |
123.7 |
128.0 |
128.9 |
130.4 |
| 1992 |
130.8 |
132.2 |
131.6 |
132.6 |
131.5 |
133.2 |
132.6 |
133.7 |
| 1993 |
133.6 |
135.0 |
134.8 |
135.0 |
134.7 |
136.8 |
136.8 |
136.8 |
| 1994 |
135.1 |
137.7 |
137.4 |
137.8 |
137.3 |
139.6 |
139.4 |
139.9 |
| 1995 |
139.1 |
140.7 |
141.0 |
141.7 |
141.4 |
143.1 |
143.5 |
144.2 |
| 1996 |
142.8 |
144.3 |
144.1 |
144.3 |
145.5 |
147.2 |
147.1 |
147.6 |
| 1997 |
144.4 |
145.4 |
145.6 |
146.1 |
147.9 |
149.0 |
149.5 |
150.1 |
| 1998 |
146.0 |
147.5 |
147.5 |
148.6 |
150.1 |
151.8 |
151.9 |
152.8 |
| 1999 |
148.9 |
149.9 |
149.5 |
150.1 |
153.3 |
154.5 |
154.2 |
154.9 |
| 2000 |
150.0 |
151.0 |
151.1 |
151.2 |
154.9 |
156.2 |
156.5 |
156.9 |
| 2001 |
150.6 |
153.3 |
153.0 |
153.9 |
156.5 |
159.3 |
158.9 |
159.3 |
| 2002 |
154.7 |
155.3 |
155.0 |
156.1 |
160.1 |
161.0 |
160.7 |
161.7 |
| 2003 |
156.7 |
157.9 |
158.3 |
159.4 |
162.6 |
163.7 |
164.0 |
165.0 |
| 2004 |
159.7 |
160.9 |
160.5 |
162.3 |
165.4 |
166.6 |
166.1 |
167.6 |
| 2005 |
163.4 |
164.8 |
165.1 |
167.1 |
168.3 |
169.8 |
170.1 |
171.7 |
| 2006 |
168.2 |
171.6 |
173.6 |
? |
172.4 |
175.4 |
177.2 |
? |
Percentage changes over a year earlier
| |
1 pensioner |
2 pensioner |
| |
Q1 |
Q2 |
Q3 |
Q4 |
Q1 |
Q2 |
Q3 |
Q4 |
| 1976 |
25.6 |
17.9 |
15.9 |
18.1 |
25.2 |
17.4 |
15.4 |
17.9 |
| 1977 |
17.5 |
18.1 |
18.4 |
13.4 |
18.1 |
18.4 |
18.0 |
13.0 |
| 1978 |
10.3 |
8.3 |
7.3 |
6.6 |
9.4 |
7.8 |
7.5 |
7.1 |
| 1979 |
8.8 |
8.9 |
13.1 |
15.8 |
9.0 |
9.2 |
13.5 |
15.8 |
| 1980 |
16.7 |
18.8 |
16.0 |
14.7 |
16.6 |
18.8 |
15.3 |
14.0 |
| 1981 |
13.0 |
11.4 |
10.5 |
10.7 |
12.6 |
11.4 |
11.0 |
11.5 |
| 1982 |
10.9 |
10.4 |
8.7 |
7.5 |
11.2 |
10.0 |
8.2 |
7.0 |
| 1983 |
5.4 |
3.7 |
4.3 |
4.6 |
5.0 |
3.8 |
4.6 |
4.8 |
| 1984 |
4.7 |
5.8 |
5.0 |
4.4 |
5.0 |
6.0 |
5.1 |
4.5 |
| 1985 |
4.8 |
5.0 |
4.9 |
4.8 |
4.9 |
5.0 |
5.0 |
4.7 |
| 1986 |
4.2 |
3.1 |
3.0 |
2.6 |
4.1 |
2.9 |
3.0 |
2.7 |
| 1987 |
2.4 |
2.2 |
1.9 |
2.6 |
2.7 |
2.5 |
2.2 |
2.9 |
| 1988 |
2.5 |
3.4 |
4.4 |
4.5 |
2.8 |
3.5 |
4.4 |
4.4 |
| 1989 |
5.1 |
5.2 |
5.4 |
6.2 |
4.9 |
5.3 |
5.5 |
6.2 |
| 1990 |
6.8 |
7.4 |
8.0 |
8.1 |
6.7 |
7.2 |
8.0 |
8.1 |
| 1991 |
7.4 |
7.9 |
7.2 |
6.1 |
7.2 |
8.2 |
7.2 |
6.4 |
| 1992 |
5.7 |
3.8 |
2.4 |
2.1 |
6.3 |
4.1 |
2.9 |
2.5 |
| 1993 |
2.1 |
2.1 |
2.4 |
1.8 |
2.4 |
2.7 |
3.2 |
2.3 |
| 1994 |
1.1 |
2.0 |
1.9 |
2.1 |
1.9 |
2.0 |
1.9 |
2.3 |
| 1995 |
3.0 |
2.2 |
2.6 |
2.8 |
3.0 |
2.5 |
2.9 |
3.1 |
| 1996 |
2.7 |
2.6 |
2.2 |
1.8 |
2.9 |
2.9 |
2.5 |
2.4 |
| 1997 |
1.1 |
0.8 |
1.0 |
1.2 |
1.6 |
1.2 |
1.6 |
1.7 |
| 1998 |
1.1 |
1.4 |
1.3 |
1.7 |
1.5 |
1.9 |
1.6 |
1.8 |
| 1999 |
2.0 |
1.6 |
1.4 |
1.0 |
2.1 |
1.8 |
1.5 |
1.4 |
| 2000 |
0.7 |
0.7 |
1.1 |
0.7 |
1.0 |
1.1 |
1.5 |
1.3 |
| 2001 |
0.4 |
1.5 |
1.3 |
1.8 |
1.0 |
2.0 |
1.5 |
1.5 |
| 2002 |
2.7 |
1.3 |
1.3 |
1.4 |
2.3 |
1.1 |
1.1 |
1.5 |
| 2003 |
1.3 |
1.7 |
2.1 |
2.1 |
1.6 |
1.7 |
2.1 |
2.0 |
| 2004 |
1.9 |
1.9 |
1.4 |
1.8 |
1.7 |
1.8 |
1.3 |
1.6 |
| 2005 |
2.3 |
2.4 |
2.9 |
3.0 |
1.8 |
1.9 |
2.4 |
2.4 |
| 2006 |
2.9 |
4.1 |
5.1 |
? |
2.4 |
3.3 |
4.2 |
? |
Separate indices are produced for 1 and for 2 pensioner households
that are excluded from the RPI. That is households where the head of the
household is retired (at least 65 years of age for men and 60 years or
more for women) and economically inactive, and where at least three
quarters of the household's income is from state benefits. Source:
National Statistics |
Identity Theft in over 50s