Note: Average CPI for 2025 has now been confirmed as 3.4%. This has triggered the Inflation Guarantee for 2025-26 and the headline pay settlement for AfC staff will be adjusted to 4.4% in 2025-26.
The table below illustrates what the inflation guarantee payment would be relative to different rates of cumulative CPI inflation over the corresponding period.
The table below tracks average inflation between January and December 2025. It will be updated in a timely manner following each inflation release from the ONS.
Rounded to one decimal place, consistent with ONS CPI inflation figure.