§ Mr. WicksTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many lone parent families are in receipt of(a) income support, (b) family credit and (c) disability working allowance; and for each benefit how many lone parent families are estimated to include a qualifying child for the purposes of the Child Support Act 1991.
§ Mr. BurtThe information requested is in the table:
Number of lone parent families Number of lone parent families estimated to include a qualifying child Income support 895,000 879,000 Family credit 132,000 130,000 Disability working allowance 169 2 Notes:
1. The figures estimated for the number of lone parent families in receipt of the specified benefits who are estimated to include a qualifying child for the purposes of the Child Support Act 1991 are based on the best information available.
2. The figures for the numbers of lone parent families in receipt of income support and family credit are taken from the Income Support Statistics Annual Enquiry 1991.
3. Figures are rounded to the nearest thousand, with the exception of disability working allowance where actual figures are given as at September 1992.