| Income Support (4) | Family Credit | |
| SOCIAL SECURITY REGION | ||
| North Eastern | 115,000 | 19,000 |
| London North | 109,000 | 13,000 |
| London South | 103,000 | 13,000 |
| Wales/South West | 84,000 | 16,000 |
| Midlands | 109,000 | 20,000 |
| North Western | 120,000 | 22,000 |
| Scotland | 81,000 | 17,000 |
| NORTHERN IRELAND | 22,000 | 3,000 |
| Housing Benefit | One-parent Benefit (5) | |
| ENGLAND | 540,000 | 589,000 |
| SCOTLAND | 80,000 | 74,000 |
| WALES | 30,000 | 33,000 |
| NORTHERN IRELAND | [2] | 21,000 |
§ FOOTNOTE
§ 1. Number of lone-parent families; OPCS estimates that in 1986 there were 1,010,000 lone parent families in Great Britain.
§ 2. Information not readily available. Can be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
§ 3. Claimants can be entitled to more than one benefit.
§ 4. Income support. Figure does not include prisoners' partners.
§ 5. One-parent benefit. An estimated figure.
§ Sources:
| Income support | Annual statistical enquiry 1988. |
| Family credit | Department statistics |
| Housing benefit | Housing benefit management information systems 1988. |
| One-parent benefit | Departmental statistics |