2017 Weekly MESL Expenditure Budgets

The weekly core costs of a Minimum Essential Standard of Living in 2017 are illustrated in the chart below.

Further Data

MESL core budgets (excluding housing, childcare & effect of secondary benefits) for further Household Types are available to download:

• Two Parent Household Types
• One Parent Household Types
• One & Two Working Age Adult Household Types, with no children
• Pensioner Household Types

The full MESL 2017 Update Report and Appendix is also available to download