§ Mr. WillettsTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what was the total number of lone parents on income support, broken down into those with children(a) below and (b) above school age, for each month since April 1992. [121036]
§ Mr. BayleyThe information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is in the table.
As many lone parents have more than one child whose ages can be either above or below five years, figures have been provided for all three categories, i.e., lone parents with under fives only, lone parents with over fives only, and those parents with children in both categories.
Income support lone parents by age dependant children Great Britain 1992 to 1999 Thousand Quarter All children under 5 All children over 5 children under and over 5 August 1999 309 410 221 May 1999 308 407 221 February 1999 311 408 221 November 1998 310 405 224 August 1998 315 412 228 May 1998 321 412 228 February 1998 328 414 230 November 1997 333 418 232 August 1997 343 432 237 May 1997 347 429 237 February 1997 352 430 238 November 1996 355 429 238 August 1996 367 450 244 May 1996 370 445 244 February 1996 373 443 244 November 1995 379 439 243 August 1995 385 437 244 May 1995 383 433 240 February 1995 385 426 238 November 1994 387 420 235 August 1994 392 423 233 May 1994 395 415 229 February 1994 400 408 227 November 1993 403 402 226 August 1993 410 402 228 May 1993 404 389 220 February 1993 403 382 215 November 1992 402 371 211 Notes:
- 1. Figures are based on a 5 per cent. sample, and as such they are subject to a degree of sampling error.
414W - 2. Figures exclude unemployed who transferred to Jobseeker's Allowance with effect from October 1996.
- 3. Lone Parents are single claimants with dependants who are not receiving the disability or pensioner premium.
- 4. Figures have been rounded to the nearest thousand.
- 5. Information on the numbers of lone parents claiming Income Support by age of child dependants is collected on a quarterly basis. It is therefore not possible to supply monthly figures.
Source:
Income Support Statistics Inquiries, November 1992 to August 1999.