§ Q8. Mr. Andrew F. Bennettasked the Prime Minister if Her Majesty's Government will take steps to estimate the number of children living in households where there is one parent or two parents registered as unemployed.
§ The Prime MinisterNo. The only estimate that could be made from available data, approximately to what the hon. Member seeks, would relate to 1979 and I do not consider that the additional expenditure would be justified.