§ Mr. MacShaneTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security for each of the years 1982 to 1998, what was the number of people in households where one or more adults were in paid work where the income is below half mean income; what was the estimated number of children in these households; and what were the numbers living in families headed by(a) a lone parent and (b) a couple. [102843]
§ Angela EagleThe information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is in the tables.
The latest information relates to the financial year 1997–98.
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Numbers of people in families where one or more adults were in paid work and where the income is below half contemporary mean income before housing costs millions Year Total people Total children Total people in lone parent families Children in lone parent families Total people in couple families Children in couple families FES 1981 1.7 0.8 0.1 0.0 1.4 0.7 1987 2.4 0.9 0.1 0.0 1.7 0.9 1988–89 2.9 1.2 0.2 0.1 2.1 1.1 1990–91 3.5 1.4 0.3 0.2 2.4 1.2 1991–92 3.5 1.3 0.3 0.2 2.3 1.2 1992–93 3.5 1.4 0.2 0.2 2.4 1.2 1993–94 3.3 1.3 0.2 0.2 2.3 1.2 1994–95 3.3 1.4 0.3 0.2 2.3 1.2 1995–96 3.5 1.4 0.3 0.2 2.4 1.2 FRS 1994–95 3.3 1.3 0.2 0.1 2.2 1.2 1995–96 3.0 1.1 0.2 0.1 2.0 1.0 1996–97 3.6 1.5 0.3 0.2 2.5 1.3 1997–98 4.0 1.6 0.3 0.2 2.6 1.4
Numbers of people in families where one or more adults were in paid work and where the income is below half contemporary mean income after housing costs millions Year Total people Total children Total people in lone parent families Children in lone parent families Total people in couple families Children in couple families FES 1981 2.3 1.1 0.1 0.1 2.0 1.0 1987 3.2 1.3 0.1 0.1 2.4 1.2 1988–89 3.5 1.4 0.2 0.1 2.5 1.3 1990–91 4.6 1.8 0.4 0.2 3.2 1.6 1991–92 4.6 1.7 0.4 0.2 3.0 1.5 1992–93 4.6 1.7 0.4 0.2 3.0 1.5 1993–94 4.4 1.7 0.4 0.2 2.9 1.5 1994–95 4.4 1.8 0.5 0.3 2.9 1.5 1995–96 4.7 1.9 0.6 0.4 3.0 1.5 FRS 1994–95 4.2 1.6 0.3 0.2 2.8 1.5 1995–96 4.2 1.6 0.3 0.2 2.7 1.4 1996–97 4.8 1.9 0.4 0.3 3.1 1.6 1997–98 5.1 2.0 0.5 0.3 3.3 1.7 Notes:
1. The information comes from the "Households Below Average Income" (HBAI) series. The estimates are presented on household income both Before Housing Costs and After Housing Costs in line with HBAI conventions. All the estimates in the table relate to families with an adult in paid work rather than households with an adult in paid work.
2. People living in families which include a self-employed adult have been included in the tables. Self-employment income data is known often to be a poor guide to households' living standards. In 1997–98, around 600,000 to 700,000 of the children in households below half average income had a full-time self-employed person in the household.
3. The column headed "Total people in couple families" does not include couples without children.
4. The estimates based on the Family Expenditure Survey (FES) are for the United Kingdom. For 1988–89 and subsequent years, two years' data have been combined to improve the robustness of the results. For 1994–95 onwards, estimates are available from the larger Family Resources Survey (FRS) and relate to single financial years. The FRS results are for Great Britain.