HC Deb 11 February 2002 vol 380 c112W
Mr. Llwyd

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many and what percentage of children(a) live in workless households and (b) lived in workless households in each of the last five years. [32274]

Malcolm Wicks

The information requested is in the table.

Children living in workless households:
As at spring Number Percentage
1996 2,256,000 19.3
1997 2,078,000 17.9
1998 2,076,000 17.8
1999 2,015,000 17.3
2000 1,831,000 15.7
2001 1,779,000 15.3

Notes:

  1. 1. Children' refers to all children aged under 16.
  2. 2. A workless household is a household that includes at least one person of working age where no-one is in employment.
  3. 3. The spring data are used annually in the set of Opportunity for All indicators.

Source:

Labour Force Survey, Spring Quarters (covering March to May) GB figures. The Labour Force Survey (LFS) is a quarterly sample survey of over 60,000 households in the United Kingdom.