Question follow-through · 49035

Inflation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to help return inflation to the target rate.

answeredTreasury

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Answering body
Treasury
Tabled
29 Apr 2025
Target answer date
1 May 2025
Answer
8 May 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 29 Apr 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to help return inflation to the target rate.

  2. 1 May 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 8 May 2025

    Answer published

    Inflation has fallen from the peak of 11.1%, returning to the 2% target in September 2024, before slightly increasing again to 2.6% in March. The Bank of England has the responsibility of controlling inflation, and the Government fully supports them as th...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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