These are the lists constructed by people in pensioner couples.

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1 FAMILY TYPE: COUPLE PENSIONER These are the lists constructed by people in pensioner couples. Summary Budget area budgets Food and drink Clothing and footwear 9.93 Housing s Household goods and services Personal goods and services (inc health) Transport 4.65 Social and cultural activities TOTAL NB In the tables on the following pages, the column headings refer to: Item: Quantity: Unit : : : 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 ) 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 Couple pensioners 1

2 Food and drink Apple pie Apples fresh, cooking Apples, fresh Ham, cooked Bacon, pre-packed Bakewell tart Bananas, fresh Baked beans Beef joint Beef mince Shortcake biscuits Bread, wholemeal, sliced Broccoli, fresh Cabbage, fresh Mandarin oranges, tinned Peaches, tinned Carrots, fresh Cheese Chicken breast Chips, frozen Coffee, instant Cream, sterilized Cucumber Eggs Extra food at Christmas Fish in batter, frozen Flour, plain Fish fillets in crumb, frozen Fruit cake Fruit juice (orange) Gravy granules Ice-cream Lamb mince Leafy green salad Malted drink Marmalade Mushrooms, fresh Potatoes, new Onions, fresh Oranges, fresh Tuna, tinned Green beans, frozen Couple pensioners 2

3 Shredded Wheat Weetabix Cheese sauce mix Parsley sauce mix Lasagne Pears, fresh Peas, frozen Pork chops Porridge Potatoes Reduced fat spreads Bread rolls, 6 pack Salt Sausages Semi skimmed milk Sugar Tea Soup, tinned, cream of tomato Soup, tinned, carrot and coriander Tomatoes, fresh Yoghurt, low fat, 6 pack Fish and chips from chip shop Carvery meal Wine (2 glasses with meal out) Stout (4 pack) Red wine (1 bottle) White wine (1 bottle) TOTAL (NB may not be equal to the sum of the shown figures due to rounding) Couple pensioners 3

4 Clothing and footwear Men's Belt Boots Dressing gown Hat Jacket, light summer/blazer Jumpers Pants Pyjamas Raincoat Sandals Shirts Shoes Shorts Slippers Socks, lightweight Socks, thick Suit Sweatshirt Swimming ume Ties Trainers Trousers T-shirts Vests Winter coat Women's Boots Bras Cardigans Dress Dressing gown Fleece Gloves Hat Jumpers Knickers Nighties Pop socks Pyjamas Sandals Scarf Couple pensioners 4

5 Shoes Slip Slippers Socks Swimming ume Thermal vests Tights Tops Trousers Waterproof coat Winter coat TOTAL (NB may not be equal to the sum of the shown figures due to rounding) 9.93 Housing s Contents insurance Council tax (Band A, central Loughborough) Decorating (average amount spent by pensioner couples in social housing) Fuel for heating Rent for 2 bed council flat, central Loughborough Water rates TOTAL (NB may not be equal to the sum of the shown figures due to rounding) Couple pensioners 5

6 Household goods and services 3 seater sofa bed Armchair Baking tray Bath mat (for floor) Bath mat (non-slip for inside the bath) Bedside table/cabinet Bin Bleach Second class stamps Bread bin Bread board Brush Bucket Cake tin Carpet (bedroom 1) Carpet (bedroom 2) Carpet (hall) Carpet (living area) Carving knives Chamois leather Clothes line Coat hooks Coffee table Colander Cooker Corkscrew Cream cleaner Crockery set Curtain pole (bedroom 1) Curtain pole (bedroom 2) Curtain pole (hall) Curtain pole (living area) Curtains (bedroom 1) Curtains (bedroom 2) Curtains (hall) Curtains (living area) Cushions Cutlery set Cutting/chopping board Dish cloths Door mat Couple pensioners 6

7 Double bed Drawers Dresser/cabinet Dusters Dustpan and brush Duvet Duvet cover Floor cleaner Footstool Fridge freezer Frying pan Glasses, 6 tumbler, 6 wine glasses Hand washing liquid/powder Hand whisk Hook on door (bedroom) Iron Ironing board Kettle Kitchen roll Lamp Lamp (bedroom) Lampshade Lampshade(1st bedroom) Lampshade(2nd bedroom) Lampshade (bathroom) Lampshade (hall) Lampshade (dining area) Lampshade (kitchen) Lampshade (living area) Landline telephone Landline telephone rental and call charges Lemon squeezer Light bulbs Mattress protector / cover Measuring jug Medicine cabinet Microwave Mirror (hall) Mixing bowl Mobile phone call charges Mobile telephone Mop Couple pensioners 7

8 Mop head Ornaments Oven gloves/cloth Pattie tin Pegs Pillows Polish Potato peeler Roasting dish Rolling pin Saucepan set Scales Scourers Secateurs Serving dishes Sewing kit Shears Sheets (fitted) Shoe rack Shopping bag Shower curtain Sieve Spade Spice rack Sponge tin Storage jars Storage/shelves Surface cleaner Table (hall) Table mats Table, dining Tablecloth Tea towels Teapot Tin opener Toaster Toilet brush Toilet roll holder Top/flat sheets Towel rail Towels, bath Towels, hand Utensils (set) Vacuum cleaner Couple pensioners 8

9 Vinyl flooring (bathroom) Vinyl flooring (kitchen) Wardrobe Washing basket Washing machine Washing powder Washing up bowl Washing up liquid Watering can Window blind Window blind (bathroom) Window cleaner Wooden spoon Yorkshire pudding tins TOTAL (NB may not be equal to the sum of the shown figures due to rounding) Personal goods and services, including health Bonjela Antiseptic Bath brush Beechams flu plus Boots Califig Clock (alarm clock) Clock (living area) Comb Deep Heat Dentist (includes 2 x check ups and 1 filling per year) Dentist Deodorant Face flannel Hair conditioner Hair dryer Hairbrush Hairdressers for men Hairdressers for women Couple pensioners 9

10 Handbag, casual, work, going out Moisturiser Nail brush Optician - new glasses Optrex Purse Razor Razor blades Rennies Scales Scholl corn removal plasters Shampoo Shaving foam Shower gel Soap Sponge Suncream Toilet rolls Toiletries/personal care Toothbrush Toothpaste Umbrella TOTAL (NB may not be equal to the sum of the shown figures due to rounding) Transport Taxi TOTAL (NB may not be equal to the sum of the shown figures due to rounding) 4.65 Social and cultural activities Block of writing paper CD player/radio Charitable donation Couple pensioners 10

11 Christmas, birthdays, anniversaries etc DVD Freeview box General social activities Half-board holiday in UK for 5 days + 6 day trips each (free bus travel and food s from food budget) Newspapers Pack of envelopes Plants TV TV licence TOTAL (NB may not be equal to the sum of the shown figures due to rounding) Couple pensioners 11

NB In the tables on the following pages, the column headings refer to:

NB In the tables on the following pages, the column headings refer to: 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