§ Chris RuaneTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many lone parents were employed in each of the last 25 years, broken down by constituency within each region. [175129]
Lone parents1 with dependent children in employment by regions—three months ending May, each year from 1992 to 2003 £000 United Kingdom North East North West Yorkshire and Humberside East Midlands West Midlands Eastern 1992 569 30 72 53 43 47 42 1993 615 29 82 51 34 53 47 1994 669 30 79 54 46 55 61 1995 725 36 81 60 47 59 62 1996 703 33 94 69 44 52 51 1997 695 34 97 68 50 61 59 1998 763 32 104 66 47 74 60 1999 795 43 106 66 47 72 60 2000 822 42 109 76 50 69 66 2001 836 33 109 79 51 71 67 2002 893 47 136 72 63 71 76 2003 894 44 132 71 59 67 74
London South East South West Wales Scotland Northern Ireland 1992 76 74 42 22 55 12 1993 84 73 45 37 61 17 1994 92 86 48 38 62 18 1995 100 99 54 38 69 20 1996 96 87 56 42 63 16 1997 83 84 47 39 55 18 1998 97 92 61 45 64 21 1999 111 93 62 46 70 19 2000 108 97 58 48 72 27 2001 116 98 66 42 82 22 2002 110 111 68 40 79 20 2003 111 113 69 48 81 25 1 Refers to people who have dependent children and who are neither married nor cohabiting. Dependent children include all children aged under 16, and 16 to 18 year olds in full-time education. Source: ONS: Labour Force Survey, household data.