"Figure 9: The price cap on gas and electricity prices had a greater benefit for retired households","" "Contributions to difference in growth rates (percentage points), UK, January 2017 to September 2019","" "","" "Notes","1. Stacked bars reflect the percentage point contributions of each of the 87 class-level items to the 12-month growth rate, or the difference in 12-month growth rates. The contribution of each of the 87 class-level items is estimated separately, before being aggregated to seven distinct categories. 2. A reduction in the contribution of series to the annual rate of change may imply falling prices but could also reflect a lower rate of increase than the previous year. 3. Contributions may not sum due to rounding." "Unit","% and percentage points" "","" "","Water supply","Sewerage collection","Electricity","Gas","Liquid fuels","Solid fuels","Total contribution from utilities and domestic fuel" "Jan-17","0","0.01","0","-0.02","0.04","0","0.04" "Feb-17","0","0.01","0","-0.01","0.05","0","0.04" "Mar-17","0","0.01","0","-0.01","0.04","0","0.04" "Apr-17","0","0","0.01","0","0.03","0","0.04" "May-17","0","0","0.01","0","0.02","0","0.04" "Jun-17","0","0","0.01","0","0.02","0","0.03" "Jul-17","0","0","0.01","0","0.02","0","0.03" "Aug-17","0","0","0.01","0","0.02","0","0.04" "Sep-17","0","0","0.01","0","0.02","0","0.04" "Oct-17","0","0","0.02","0","0","0","0.03" "Nov-17","0","0","0.02","0","0.01","0","0.04" "Dec-17","0","0","0.02","0","0.01","0","0.03" "Jan-18","0","0","0.02","0","0.01","0","0.03" "Feb-18","0","0","0.02","0","0.01","0","0.03" "Mar-18","0","0","0.02","0","0.01","0","0.04" "Apr-18","0","0","0.01","0","0.01","0","0.04" "May-18","0","0","0.01","0","0.02","0","0.04" "Jun-18","0","0","0.01","0.01","0.02","0","0.05" "Jul-18","0","0","0.02","0.01","0.02","0","0.06" "Aug-18","0","0","0.02","0.01","0.02","0","0.05" "Sep-18","0","0","0.02","0.02","0.02","0","0.06" "Oct-18","0","0","0.02","0.02","0.02","0","0.08" "Nov-18","0","0","0.02","0.02","0.01","0","0.07" "Dec-18","0","0","0.02","0.02","0","0","0.06" "Jan-19","0","0","0.01","0","0","0","0.01" "Feb-19","0","0","0.01","0","0","0","0.02" "Mar-19","0","0","0.01","0","0","0","0.01" "Apr-19","0","0.01","0.04","0.02","0","0","0.07" "May-19","0","0.01","0.04","0.02","0","0","0.07" "Jun-19","0","0.01","0.03","0.01","0","0","0.06" "Jul-19","0","0.01","0.03","0.01","0","0","0.05" "Aug-19","0","0.01","0.03","0.01","0","0","0.05" "Sep-19","0","0.01","0.02","0.01","0","0","0.04"