HC Deb 09 February 1988 vol 127 c175W
42. Ms. Primarolo

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services if he has considered the recent report of the family policy study centre, "Family Fortunes; Parents' Incomes in the 1980s," a copy of which has been sent to him; and if he will make a statement.

90. Mr. Allen Adams

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services what is his policy towards home support in the light of the recent report of the family policy study centre "Family Fortunes; Parents' Incomes in the 1980s," a copy of which has been sent to him; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Scott

I understand that the Central Statistical Office has written to the Family Policy Studies Centre expressing doubts about some of the methods and results used in this study. Particular reservations have been expressed about the treatment of family expenditure survey data on one-parent households where the results differ dramatically from those suggested by other findings. I await the outcome of this correspondence.