§ Dr. GodmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many single-parent households were headed by(a) teenage women and (b) teenage men in (i) 1979 and (ii) 1991 or the latest available date.
§ Mr. Stewart[holding answer 21 July 1993]: The 1991 census recorded 2,172 households in Scotland consisting of one female aged 16 to 19 and one or more children aged under 16. The corresponding number of households headed by a male aged 16 to 19 was 42. The eldest person may or may not be the parent of the others.
Families headed by someone aged 16 to 19 but living with other adults are not included. Further information on such families will be contained in the 1991 census report on household and family composition (10 per cent.), which is due to be published in spring 1994.
Comparable figures are not available for 1979 nor from the 1981 census.
§ Dr. GodmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many single-parent families there were in(a) 1979 and (b) 1991 or at the latest available date.
§ Mr. Stewart[holding answer 21 July 1993]: It is estimated from the 1991 census that there were 132,000 lone parent families with dependent children in Scotland. Comparable figures are not available for 1979 and data from the 1981 census for lone parent families are not directly comparable owing to a different treatment of co-habitation.
§ Dr. GodmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give the percentage of people who are single parents in such age groups as he has available.
§ Mr. Stewart[holding answer 21 July 1993]: Estimates for Scotland of the number of lone parents are available only from the census of population. Relevant information
31 December 1992 31 March 1993 Total1 Geriatric long-stay Psycho-geriatric Total Geriatric long-stay Psycho-geriatric Lothian Health Board area of treatment 1,933 974 959 1,852 917 914 Edinburgh Priority Services Unit 696 305 391 642 275 367 Western General Hospital Unit 141 24 117 132 15 117 East and Midlothian Unit 559 311 248 532 284 248 Edinburgh Child Health Unit — — — — — — Royal Infirmary and Associated Hospitals Unit 195 175 20 195 175 20 West Lothian Unit 342 159 183 350 168 182 1 Average available staffed beds. Substantial additional resources of £81 million have already been provided to local authorities to implement the community care proposals. This will increase to £106 million in 1994–95 and £158 million in 1995–96. In
504Wfrom the 1991 census is not currently available, but will be contained in the 1991 census report on household and family composition (10 per cent.), which is due to be published in spring 1994.