§ 13. Mr. ChisholmTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what assessment he has made of the relative costs of bringing up children by lone-parents and by couples. [8801]
§ Mr. BurtThere is no consistent evidence that the financial requirements of a lone-parent household in bringing up a child are different from those of a two-parent household, with the exception of a potentially greater need to pay for child care when the lone parent is in employment.