§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what are the latest available figures for the number of (a) one-parent families headed by a woman, (b) one-parent families headed by a man and (c) two-parent families who rely on (i) State benefits, (ii) earnings from employment, (iii) maintenance payments and (iv) other items, as their main source of income.
§ Mr. Newton[pursuant to his reply, 29 March 1982, c. 31]: The latest available information is given in the following table. All the figures relate to families where the head was under pension age.