<h1>Household consumption expenditure data underpins MPCE-based policy targeting using CPI-deflated real-price estimates for programme design.</h1> The National Statistics Office's Household Consumption Expenditure survey reports Average Monthly Per Capita Consumption Expenditure (MPCE) in nominal and real terms, with rural-urban gaps; recent MPCE estimates were deflated to a common base using sector-specific Consumer Price Index series to enable real-price comparisons and to inform policy and social welfare programme design, with the methodology and figures provided in a parliamentary written reply and cited from the NSS report.