2018 Weekly MESL Expenditure Budgets

The weekly core costs of a Minimum Essential Standard of Living in 2018 are sumamrised in the table below, the full range of MESL budgets for all household types and compositions is available to download

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 2018 Update Report and Appendix is also available to download