§ Mr. Georgeasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many two-parent families and one-parent families, respectively, who are in full-time work have incomes below the supplementary benefit level.
§ Mr. OrmeIt is estimated on the basis of Family Expenditure Survey data that at the end of 1974, the latest date for which information is available, there were about 60,000 two-parent families and about 10,000 one-parent families in full-time work with incomes below supplementary benefit level.
436WThese estimates include both employed and self-employed heads of families and are subject to considerable sampling error, particularly that for one-parent families.