§ Mr. Georgeasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if she will update the data in Table 5.2 (page 254) of the Finer Report.
§ Mr. O'MalleyThe table below gives the information requested:
NET RESOURCES OF FATHERLESS FAMILY (OTHER THAN WIDOWS' FAMILIES) NOT RECEIVING SUPPLEMENTARY BENEFIT AT THE END OF 1974 (Great Britain) Weekly less than £5 Net resources £5 or more All Thousands (a) Size of family Families with 1 child [10] 100 110 2 or more children [20] 50 80 All families [40] 150 190 Percentage (b) Families with 1 child [11] 89 100 2 or more children [32] 68 100 All families [20] 81 100 The estimates are based on 1974 family expenditure survey data and are subject to sampling error. Figures in square brackets are subject to very high sampling error.Figures at (a) are rounded to the nearest 10,000. This is why the sum of components does not equal the total in the "Less than £5" column.The "Less than £0", "£0–£l .99" and "£2–£4.99" bands have been amalgamated due to very small sample numbers. There were about 20,000 families with negative net resources, comprising about 12 per cent. of all one parent families.An explanation of the concept of net resources is in Appendix 10 of the Report.