§ Mrs. Wiseasked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether he will now remove the full-time work qualification for family income supplement in the case of a one-parent family.
§ Mrs. Wiseasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many one-parent families there are in Great Britain at the latest available date.
§ Mr. DeakinsThe Finer Committee estimated, mainly on the basis of the 1971 Census of Population, that the number of one-parent families in 1971 was 620,000. No firm estimate of the increase since 1971 is yet available, but the number probably reached 650,000 in 1973.