§ Mr. Freesonasked the Secretary of State for the Environment, pursuant to his reply to the right hon. Member for Brent, East on 23 November 1981, Official Report, c. 320if he will publish the reference number of the indicator "number of one-parent families" in the grant-related expenditure assessments and give details of all the other indicators where one-parent families are specifically taken into account.
§ Mr. KingThe following seven GRE indicators take account of the incidence of single parent families in assessing the costs of providing particular services:
Indicator C1 Special education needs—primary age pupils Indicator C2 Special education needs—secondary school pupils under 16 Indicator C9 Children aged 11–17 in less advanced areas Indicator C4 Children—effects of areas housing and social conditions Indicator C16 Residents—effects of housing and social conditions Indicator C7 Children under 5 in one parent families Indicator C8 Children 5 to 17 in one parent families. Some of these indicators are used also to calculate the values of indicators D1—London area higher costs—and D2—social services unit cost adjustment. The part which they play in the overall assessment is described in annex J of the "Rate Support Grant Report (England) 1980."