§ Mr. Richard Wainwrightasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what was the number of families with children where the head of the family was working and where their net resources were below supplementary benefit level, at a convenient date in 1970, 1972, 1973 and 1974, respectively.
§ Mr. Alec JonesEstimates of the number of families in Great Britain with dependent children where the head of the family was normally working and the net resources of the family were below supplementary benefit level are shown below:
1970 1972 1973 Thousands 70 (revised estimate) 60 50 Information is not yet available for 1974. The estimates relate to December of each year and are rounded to the nearest 10,000. These estimates are based on Family Expenditure Survey data and are subject to sampling error. The total number of families for the purpose of these estimates is about 7.1 million.