These benefits are regarded sufficiently high to cover basic costs for all living expenses.
The basic cost, for 24 hours' care including a normal delivery stands at £5,215, rising to £6,745 for a Caesarean section, though the royal couple may be entitled to take up the hospital's offer of a 10% discount for returning parents.
According to Ms Keitch the panel is also cheaper: "The basic cost for police and the CPS of taking a criminal damage case through court is £637, through the panel it costs £139".
She said the basic cost for the cream itself, which contained relatively expensive raw ingredients, was roughly $4.50 for 1.7 ounces; the jar and cap cost $2.30 and the box 40 cents.
The basic cost for the full Rapiro kit is £199, although all 50 pledges at that price-point have been bagged.
7. The cost of living is literally the basic cost for survival ― I moved out of my parents' home at 21.
The basic cost of a coach seat for the whole route, one way, ranges from $81 to $158.
That is enough, they say, to pay a part-time librarian and other basic costs for years to come.
"Fair wage, decent wage, living wage… it doesn't matter what you call it, it's about paying workers enough so that they can cover the basic costs required for a dignified, healthy life," says Sabita Banerji, Ethical Trading Initiative.
