{"value":{"id":1170569,"memberId":3359,"member":null,"memberRole":"Lords Spokesperson","uin":"HLWS31","dateMade":"2020-01-14T00:00:00","answeringBodyId":14,"answeringBodyName":"Treasury","title":"Launch date of the upcoming Government and UKSA consultation on the Retail Prices Index","text":"<p>My right honourable friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Sajid Javid) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement.</p><p>Yesterday, I wrote to the Chair of the House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee to inform him that the joint consultation between the Government and UK Statistics Authority (UKSA) on a proposed change to address the shortcomings in the Retail Price Index (RPI) will now launch at Budget 2020. The consultation had been scheduled to launch this month. However, following the general election and my confirmation of the Budget date, I have agreed with UKSA that the consultation will now launch at Budget.</p><p>The consultation will launch at the Budget on 11 March. It will be open for responses for a period of six weeks, closing on 22 April. The Government and UKSA will respond to the consultation before the Parliamentary summer recess.</p><p> </p><p> </p>","house":"Lords","noticeNumber":0,"hasAttachments":false,"hasLinkedStatements":true,"linkedStatements":[{"linkedStatementId":1170516,"linkType":"JointStatement","linkDate":"2020-01-14T00:00:00"}],"attachments":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Statements/1170569","method":"GET"}]}