§ Mr. John Evansasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list in the Official Report the number of lone parent families in each of the Metropolitan districts in England.
§ Mr. Shore,pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 31st July 1978], gave the following information:
The data are as follows and are derived from the 1971 Census:
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Authority Lone Parent Families Tyne and Wear Gateshead 2,770 Newcastle-upon-Tyne 4,450 North Tyneside 2,650 South Tyneside 2,530 Sunderland 3,300
Authority Lone Patient Families South Yorkshire Barnsley 2,620 Doncaster 3,610 Rotherham 2,680 Sheffield 5,940 West Yorkshire Bradford 6,930 Calderdale 2,530 Kirklees 4,380 Leeds 10,270 Wakefield 3,550 West Midlands Birmingham 14,620 Coventry 4,400 Dudley 2,180 Sandwell 3,410 Solihull 1,770 Walsall 2,800 Wolverhampton 3,250 Greater Manchester Bolton 3,220 Bury 2,300 Manchester 10,970 Oldham 3,150 Rochdale 3,300 Salford 4,720 Stockport 3,300 Tameside 3,100 Trafford 2,670 Wigan 2,890 Merseyside Knowsley 2,630 Liverpool 8,650 St. Helens 1,750 Sefton 3,800 Wirral 4,390