§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what are the latest figures for the numbers and proportions of (a) one-parent families, and (b) two-parent families living in (i) private rented housing, (ii) local authority housing, (iii) owner-occupied housing with a mortgage, (iv) owner-occupied housing owned outright, (v) shared accommodation, and (vi) housing association accommodation.
§ Mr. Geoffrey FinsbergThe following is the latest available information:
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Families by tenure: Great Britain 1977–78 Percentages 1-parent family 2-parent family Private rented unfurnished or from housing association 8 4
1-parent family 2-parent family Private rented furnished 3 1 Rented with job or business 2 4 Local authority 56 30 Owned with mortgage 20 51 Owned outright 12 9 All tenures 100 100 Source: General Household Survey (OPCS)
The Office of Population Censuses and Surveys estimates that in mid-1979 there were 860,000 one-parent families in Great Britain. The total number of families, estimated from child benefit records, was 7.2 million.