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  "generated": "2026-08-28T13:12:53.985Z",
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    "compilation": "CC BY 4.0",
    "compilation_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
    "attribution": "Tariff Tracker, tarifftracker.io, published by PEF Consulting Partners Limited",
    "underlying": "The figures themselves belong to the bodies named in each dataset's sources. Most are Crown copyright under the Open Government Licence v3. Supplier tariff rates belong to the suppliers who publish them. Check the source terms before you rely on any of it commercially.",
    "corrections": "If a figure here is wrong, say so and we will correct it and record that we did."
  },
  "docs": "https://tarifftracker.io/api/",
  "fields": "https://tarifftracker.io/api/v1/dictionary",
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  "energy_cap": {
    "note": "The Ofgem default tariff cap moves every quarter, not once a year, so it does not sit in the table above. The full series for every region and quarter since 2019 is on the energy cap history API. These recent national figures are for a typical dual fuel household paying by direct debit.",
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      "url": "https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/energy-price-cap"
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    {
      "series": "TV Licence",
      "what": "2015 and 2016, held at £145.50 under a freeze set back in 2010, are left out because the exact commencement of that frozen rate predates the run of amending regulations we read."
    },
    {
      "series": "Regulated rail fares",
      "what": "2015 to 2021 are left out. Each year's cap sits in that year's Office of Rail and Road fares index, which we could not read cleanly enough to quote to the tenth of a per cent."
    },
    {
      "series": "Average water bill",
      "what": "2024/25 is left out because the sources disagree on the basis. Ofwat states £473 in real terms, while Water UK's later figures imply a nominal figure nearer £480. Rather than pick one silently, we show the years we can state without ambiguity."
    },
    {
      "series": "NHS dental",
      "what": "Before 2023 is left out. Each earlier year's band amounts sit in that year's ministerial statement, which we have not yet read for the older years."
    }
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      "url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/104/made"
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      "url": "https://faq.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/knowledgebase/article/KA-01375/en-us"
    },
    {
      "name": "NHS, dental treatment costs",
      "url": "https://www.nhs.uk/nhs-services/dentists/dental-costs/how-much-will-i-pay-for-nhs-dental-treatment/"
    },
    {
      "name": "Office of Rail and Road, rail fares index",
      "url": "https://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/statistics/finance/rail-fares/"
    },
    {
      "name": "Water UK, annual average bill changes",
      "url": "https://www.water.org.uk/annual-average-bill-changes-2026-27"
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      "name": "Ofgem, energy price cap",
      "url": "https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/energy-price-cap"
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    "Each figure is the amount in force from the date beside it. A charge you paid mid year was whatever the most recent date set, not an average of the year.",
    "These are the headline national figures. Your own bill depends on your nation, your usage, your water company and whether you hold an exemption or a prepayment certificate.",
    "Where a year is missing it is because we could not verify it from a primary source to the standard of the rest, not because nothing changed. The missing years are listed and explained.",
    "The prescription and dental figures are for England. Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland run different regimes, and prescriptions are free in all three."
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