§ Mr. Squireasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what information he has as to in how many two-parent families, currently receiving family income supplement, the mother is working 24 hours or more a week; and what is his estimate of the number of two-parent families who will receive family credit in which the mother will be working 24 hours or more a week.
§ Mr. NewtonIt is estimated that of the 116,000 two-parent families receiving family income supplement at the end of October 1985, 4,000 mothers were working full-time (30 hours or more weekly) and 9,000 mothers part-time. A breakdown at 24 hours is not available. We estimate, in the basis of the illustrative assumptions in the technical annex to the White Paper (Cmnd. 9691) that the number of two-parent families who will receive family credit in which the mother will be working 24 hours or more a week would be in the range of 15,000 to 25,000.