Guidance

Construction material price indices: methodology

Methodology note on the construction material price indices.

• From: Department for Business and Trade and Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
• Published: 17 February 2017
• Last updated: 12 July 2022 — See all updates

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Construction material price indices: methodology

PDF, 286 KB, 13 pages

Details

This paper covers all aspects of the construction material price indices methodology, including:

• sources
• coverage
• application and relevance
• calculation method
• publication
• revision policy
• range

The indices are published in table 1 of the monthly statistics on building materials and components.

Published 17 February 2017

Last updated 12 July 2022 + show all updates

1. 12 July 2022

   We added a Revision Note about the taxation rate of red diesel to the Price Indices Methodology document.

2. 17 February 2017

   First published.