Statistics Jersey said pensioners were particularly affected by heating fuel costs, which played a larger role in the pensioners’ inflation measure.

Meanwhile, overall inflation edged up from 2.7% in March to 2.8% in June. Jersey’s headline rate was the same as the UK’s CPIH measure of inflation over the same period.

The report found household services made the largest contribution to inflation overall.

Prices in the category increased by 5.6% and contributed 0.6 percentage points to the island’s annual inflation rate.

Food prices also continued to increase, rising by 3.5% over the year and contributing 0.4 percentage points to the overall inflation figure.

Within the category, lamb prices increased by 12.7%, milk products rose by 11.8% and eggs were up 8.7%.