Local Price Data Collection Services for Consumer Price Inflation Statistics

Local Price Collection is vital to the production of the Consumer Prices Index (CPI), Consumer Prices Index including owner occupiers' housing costs (CPIH), Household Costs Indices (HCIs) and Retail Prices Index (RPI). These measures are important indicators of how prices are changing within the UK economy. ONS currently collects approximately 100,000 prices each month from retail outlets across 141 locations, using a field workforce of fewer than 300 collectors. Local Price Collection involves the collection of pr...