The annual rate of inflation as measured by the Retail Prices Index (RPI) increased in February to 2.8% up from 2.5% in January 2013.
Excluding housing costs, the annual rate of inflation shown by the RPI also increased, to 2.2% from 1.8% in January.
The annual rate of inflation shown by the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) is 1.4% for February 2013, up from 1.1% in January.