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1 FAMILY TYPE: SINGLE WORKING AGE These are the lists constructed by groups of single working age males. NB These figures are for the single male only, whereas the budget for a single working age person in the report averages s for the single working age male and single working age female. Summary Budget area budget Food and drink Clothing and footwear 6.30 Housing s Household goods and services Personal goods and services (inc health) 5.99 Transport Social and cultural activities TOTAL NB In the tables on the following pages, the column headings refer to: price Item: Quantity: Unit price: : : Name or type of item Number of items needed (in food this could relate to individual items, e.g. cooking apples, or packs of an item, e.g. bag of apples, cartons of fruit juice) The for 1 of that item (whether an individual item or a pack) The number of weeks the item is expected to last before it needs replacing (Quantity x Unit price) divided by ( in weeks) e.g. 1 pack of fishcakes ing 80p lasting 2 weeks has a weekly of (1 x 0.80)/2 = 0.40 Single working age adult 1

2 Food and drink Apples, fresh Bacon Baked beans Bananas, fresh Beef Mince Bread, wholemeal, sliced Broccoli, fresh Brown sauce Cabbage, fresh Carrots, fresh Cheese Chicken breast Chips, frozen Coffee, instant Cola Cornflakes Crisps Cucumber Eggs Extra food for Christmas Fruit juice (orange) Ham, cooked Ice-cream Leafy green salad Lemonade Mayonnaise Mixed vegetables, frozen Mushrooms, fresh Onions, fresh Oranges, fresh Pasta sauce, tomato based Pasta, dried (fusilli) Pasta, dried (spaghetti) Peanuts, salted Peas, frozen Pepper Peppers, fresh Pizza Potatoes, previous year's crop Pringles Reduced fat spreads Rice Rice pudding, tinned Single working age adult 2

3 Salt Satsumas, fresh Sausages Semi skimmed milk Shortcake biscuits Soup, tinned Steak Sugar Sweetcorn, frozen Tea Tomato ketchup Tomatoes, canned Tomatoes, fresh Tuna, tinned Coffee and biscuit in a café Eating out Holiday spending on lunches out Lager (3 cans) Beer (4 cans) Wine (1 bottle) to the sum of the shown figures due to rounding) Single working age adult 3

4 Clothing and footwear Belt Bike helmet Dressing gown Fleece Flip flops Football shorts Football socks Gloves Jackets, casual Jeans Jumpers Pants Raincoat Scarf Shirt, short sleeved Shirts, long sleeved Shoes Shorts Slippers Socks Suit Swimming ume Ties Tracksuit bottoms Trainers, casual Trainers, sports Trousers T-shirts Vests Walking boots Walking socks Winter coat Single working age adult 4

5 Housing s Contents insurance Council tax (band A, central Loughborough, including 25% single person reduction) Decorating (average spent by single working age adults with no children, living in social housing) Fuel for heating Rent for 1 bed council flat, central Loughborough Water rates TOTAL (NB may not be equal to the sum of the shown figures due to rounding) Household goods and services Armchair Bag for life for shopping Baking tray Bath mat (for floor) Bedside table/cabinet Bin Bin liner Bleach Blind for window (kitchen) Bottle opener Brush/broom Bucket Carpet (bedroom) Single working age adult 5

6 Carpet (hall) Carpet (living area) chairs (folding) Cheese grater Clingfilm Clothes horse Coffee table Colander Cooker Crockery set Curtain pole (bathroom) Curtain pole (bedroom) Curtain pole (hall) Curtain rail (living area) Curtains Curtains (bathroom) Curtains (hall) Curtains/blinds Cushions Cutlery set Cutting/chopping board Dish cloths Double bed Drainer for washing up Dressing table / Drawers Dustpan and brush Duvet Duvet cover First class stamp Foil Fridge freezer Iron Ironing board Kettle Knives (set) Lamp (bedroom) Lampshade (bedroom) Lampshade (dining area) Lampshade (hall) Lampshade (living area) Landline telephone rental and call charges Landline telephone Light bulbs (energy saving) Single working age adult 6

7 Mattress protector / cover Measuring jug Medicine cabinet Microwave Mobile telephone Mobile telephone call charges Mop Mop head Pictures Pillows Pint Glasses Saucepan set Scales Scourers Sheets (fitted) Shower curtain Soda crystals Sofa bed Storage/shelves Table (hall) Table Tea towels Tin opener Toaster Toilet brush Toilet cleaner Toolkit Towels Tumblers Tupperware set Utensils (set) Vacuum cleaner Vinyl flooring (bathroom) Vinyl flooring (kitchen) Vinyl flooring (porch) Wardrobe Washing machine Washing powder Washing up liquid Wine glasses Single working age adult 7

8 Personal goods and services, including health Clock (alarm clock) Clock (living area) Cold/flu remedies Dentist: 2xcheck up and 1 filling per year Hairdressers Headache tablets / paracetamol NHS prescription charges/payments Optician Plasters Sunglasses Toilet rolls Toiletries/personal care Umbrella Watch Transport Bike Bike lights Bike lock Bike puncture repair kit Bike upkeep Bus Coach fare Fluorescent sash (for bike) Single working age adult 8

9 Social and cultural activities Barbecue Birthdays CD player/radio Christmas or equivalent festival DVD Football boots Freeview box General social activities Self catering holiday cottage in UK for 1 week (1/2 total ) Shin pads (for football) Stationery, newspaper, magazines, books TV TV licence Single working age adult 9

These are the lists constructed by groups of lone parents for a minimum income standard for lone parents with 1 child.

FAMILY TYPE: LONE PARENT WITH 1 CHILD These are the lists constructed by groups of lone parents for a minimum income standard for lone parents with 1 child. Summary Budget area budget Food and drink 50.53