HC Deb 17 February 1983 vol 37 cc240-1W
Mr. Higgins

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many two-parent families are in receipt of family income supplement; and what proportion of these families has at least one child under five years of age.

Mr. Newton

About 88,000 two-parent families were in receipt of family income supplement at the end of October 1982, the latest date for which figures are available. About 64 per cent. of the families had at least one child under five years of age.