Clothing and footwear, with prices falling by less than last year, particularly for women’s outerwear; Fares and other travel, where costs rose by more than a year ago, with the main upward contribution coming from air travel; and Leisure services, due to changes in the cost of entertainment and recreation and foreign holidays.

The largest downward contribution to the change in the RPI annual rate came from fuel and light where, as in the CPI, average gas and electricity bills fell this year but rose a year ago.

There were also large downward contributions from:

Tobacco, where prices were little changed this year but rose a year ago; Household services, mainly due to house contents insurance premiums which fell this year but rose a year ago. A further small downward contribution came from cable telephones, where prices were unchanged this year but rose a year ago; and Leisure goods, with prices falling this year across a broad range of products, compared with a mixture of price rises and cuts a year ago.


Available at:

http://www.statistics.gov.uk/pdfdir/cpi0707.pdf