§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) whether pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Holborn and St. Pancras, South, Official Report 29 March, column 29, he will give the latest available figures of the numbers of one-parent families in receipt of supplementary benefit; how many of these are divorced, separated, single, widowed or are prisoners' wives; and in each category what is the total number of children involved, the average payment and how much of it is for housing costs:
(2) whether, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Holborn and St. Pancras, South, Official Report, 29 March, column 30, he will give the latest available figures on the numbers of two-parent families in receipt of supplementary benefit; how many are unemployed, sick 408W or disabled, or for some other reason on supplementary benefit; and in each category, what is the total number of children involved, the average payment and how much of it is for housing costs.
§ Mr. NewtonInformation similar to that given in my previous reply will be available shortly from the December 1981 annual statistical inquiry. I shall let the hon. Member have a reply as soon as possible.