One-Parent Families

HC Deb 31 March 1976 vol 908 c491W

Mr. Golding

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the best estimate of the percentage of children in one-parent families.

Mr. Meacher

The estimate of children in one-parent families in Great Britain in 1971 given in the Finer Committee's Report—1,080,000—was equivalent to 8 per cent. of all dependent children. No later estimate is available.