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DDI2.5 XML CODEBOOK RECORD FOR STUDY NUMBER 7022 Prices Survey Microdata, 1996-2025: Secure Access 702210.5255/UKDA-SN-7022-37 Office for National Statistics <a href="https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/information-management/re-using-public-sector-information/uk-government-licensing-framework/crown-copyright/" target="_blank">© Crown copyright</a>. The use of these data is subject to the <a href="https://ukdataservice.ac.uk/app/uploads/cd137-enduserlicence.pdf" target="_blank">UK Data Service End User Licence Agreement</a>. Additional restrictions may also apply. Office for National Statistics UK Data Service 05 August 2013 PRODUCER PRICE INDEXRETAIL PRICE INDEXPRICESSHOPPING AREASRETAIL OUTLETSCONSUMER GOODSPRODUCTSSHOPS Economic conditions and indicatorsTrade, industry and markets Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Prices Survey Microdata include the underlying price data used by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) to produce the Consumer Prices Index (CPI), the Retail Prices Index (RPI) and associated price indices. The CPI has become the main domestic measure of inflation for macroeconomic purposes in the UK. Since December 2003 it has been used for the inflation target that the Bank of England is required to achieve. The RPI is the most long-standing measure of inflation in the UK, and its uses have included the indexation of pensions, state benefits and index-linked gilts. The study also includes the data underlying the Producer Prices Index. There are four levels of sampling for local price collection: locations/shopping areas; outlets/shops within locations; representative items/goods and services; and products and varieties (price quotes). There are two basic price collection methods: local and central. Local collection is used for most items; prices are obtained from outlets in about 150 locations around the country. Some 110,000 quotations are obtained by this method. Normally, collectors must visit the outlet, but prices for some items may be collected by telephone. Central collection is used for items where all the prices can be collected centrally by the ONS with no field work. These prices can be further sub-divided into two categories, depending on their subsequent use: 1) central shops, where the prices are combined with prices obtained locally, and 2) central items, where the prices are used on their own to construct centrally calculated indices. There are about 130 items for which the prices are collected centrally. The retail price data include the locations containing the shopping outlets from which the price quotes were obtained. These locations are intended to be broadly representative of a central shopping area and the areas where the local shopping population tend to live. The data also include the regions in which those shopping areas are located. Linking to other business studies The producer prices data contain Inter-Departmental Business Register (IDBR) reference numbers. These are anonymous but unique reference numbers assigned to business organisations. Their inclusion allows researchers to combine different business survey sources together. Researchers may consider applying for other business data to assist their research. Latest edition information For the 37th edition (December 2025),  a monthly Item Indices data file for January 2025 and monthly Price Quotes data files for January, February, May and July 2025 have been added to the study, along with consumption segments data files for February, May and July 2025. In addition, PPI and SPPI data files for June 2022 to June 2024 and September 2022 and September 2024 have also been added.Main Topics: The Prices Survey Microdata include both retail and producer prices. The retail data include the following files:<ul><li>'backdata' or background information files</li><li>locally collected files</li><li>centrally collected item files</li><li>item indices files </li><li>price quote files</li><li>Classification of Individual Consumption by Purpose (COICOP) level maps and weights files </li></ul>The 'backdata' background information files include:<ul><li>COICOP descriptions and identification codes</li><li>descriptions and identification codes for each item (goods and services)</li><li>location descriptions and identification codes (and the region of the UK)</li><li>shop codes for each item and location</li></ul>The pre-2007 data also include postcodes for the shops. The retail prices data span from 1996 to 2009 (centrally collected item indices), from 1996 to 2013 (annual item indices), from 1st quarter 1996 to 3rd quarter 2016 (quarterly item indices and quarterly price quote data), from October 2016 to July 2023 (monthly item indices and monthly price quote data), and from 1996 to 2013 (locally collected data). The producer prices files span from 1998 to 2021 and include:<ul><li>item and index number codes</li><li>Inter-Departmental Business Register Reporting Unit reference numbers, allowing the data to be matched to other ONS business survey data</li><li>index descriptions</li><li>prices for each item/index number</li></ul>Additional producer prices files spanning 1996 to 2019 provide only the Producer Prices Indices and summary tables. United Kingdom Institutions/organisationsNational Retail prices: representative shopping areas, shopping outlets, items and products in the UK; Producer prices: products and businesses sampled by the Products of the European Community (Prodcom) survey. Numeric Repeated cross-sectional study Other Face-to-face interviewTelephone interviewPostal surveyTranscription The Data Collection is available to users registered with the UK Data Service.Commercial use is not permitted.Use of the data requires approval from the data owner or their nominee. Registered users must apply for access via a DEA Research Project Application.Registered users must complete the Safe Researcher Training course and gain <a href="https://uksa.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/digitaleconomyact-research-statistics/better-useofdata-for-research-information-for-researchers/" target="_blank">DEA Accredited Researcher Status</a>.Registered users must be based in the UK when accessing data.The Data Collection must be accessed via a secure connection method in a safe environment approved by the UK Data Service. See <restrctn> Matikonis, K. and Gobey, M. (2023) 'Small business property tax reductions and firm productivity', Small Business Economics. doi:10.1007/s11187-023-00768-0 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-023-00768-0 https://oai.ukdataservice.ac.uk:8443/oai/provider 7022 2025-12-12T08:07:01Z ddi:codebook:2_5