§ Mrs. Haymanasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish the estimated number of: (a) one-parent families and (b) two-parent families by family size who will receive less than the full increase in their FIS
NUMBER OF FAMILIES RECEIVING FAMILY INCOME SUPPLEMENT PRIOR TO THE JULY 1976 UPRATING Thousands Type of family and number of children (a) On maximum prior to uprating (b) Brought on to maximum by uprating (c) Unaffected by maximum at uprating All families Single parent: 1 child … 2 1 15 18 2 or more children … 1 1 11 13 All single parents … 3 2 26 31 Married couples: 1 child … 1 1 5 7 2 or more children 1 3 18 22 All married couples … 2 4 23 29 Total all families … 5 6 49 60