§ Mr. Frank FieldTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will update to 1985 the reply given to the hon. Member for Kensington (Sir B. Rhys Williams)Official Report, 27 January, column 215, showing the
Number of working families with children at various income levels: Great Britain 1985 Thousands Gross weekly income excluding state benefits £ Total One parent families Two parent families One wage families Two wage families Number of dependent children 1 2 3 4 or more Under 80 90 10 70 70 10 40 40 10 1 80–89 20 1 20 20 1 20 10 1 1 90–99 50 10 40 40 10 40 10 1 1 100–109 100 10 90 70 30 40 40 20 1 110–119 130 10 120 80 40 60 50 10 10 120–129 130 20 110 100 30 70 60 10 1 130–139 170 30 140 130 40 80 70 10 10 140–149 150 10 140 100 60 70 60 10 10 150–159 260 10 240 170 90 130 100 30 1 160–169 190 10 170 100 90 90 80 20 1 170–179 230 10 220 110 120 120 90 20 1 180–189 200 10 190 120 80 90 80 20 10 190–199 250 10 240 130 110 120 100 20 10 200–219 480 10 470 220 260 170 230 60 20 220–239 440 10 430 170 270 170 180 70 30 240–259 370 10 360 120 250 130 160 60 20 260–279 360 1 360 110 250 130 170 40 10 280–299 290 10 280 100 190 110 130 30 10 300 and over 1,480 10 1,470 480 1,010 550 700 170 60 Total 5,390 220 5,180 2,460 2,940 2,240 2,340 610 200 1 Less than 5,000. Notes:
1. The figures are derived from the 1985 Family Expenditure Survey and are subject to sampling error. All figures have been rounded to the nearest 10,000 and so rows and columns may not sum exactly to the totals shown.
2. Gross weekly income is the income reported in 1985 without any updating.
3. A "working family" is defined as one where at least one parent is in full-time employment or self-employment. The figures include families where the head has been sick or unemployed for less than three months—in these cases income has been taken as the family's income when the head was in work.
4. The figures exclude any families not living in private households.
5. A "two wage family" is one where the second wage exceeds £4 a week.
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Number of out of work families of working age children at various income levels—Great Britain 1985 Thousands Gross weekly income including state benefits Under £50 £50 to£59 £60 to £69 £70 to £79 £80 to £89 £90 to £99 £100 to £109 £110 to £119 £120 to £139 £130 to£139 £140 to £149 £150 and over Total Total 90 40 140 180 230 220 150 100 70 50 30 150 1,450 One parent families 70 30 120 110 110 90 60 30 30 10 10 30 690 Two parent families 20 10 20 80 120 140 90 70 40 40 20 110 760 Number of dependent children: One 80 20 110 110 110 60 30 20 10 10 10 50 630 Two 10 10 30 60 100 110 60 40 20 10 10 60 510 Three * 10 * 10 20 30 50 20 10 10 10 20 180 Four or more * * * * * 20 10 20 30 20 10 10 130 National Insurance benefits being received: None (a) 30 10 10 10 20 30 30 20 10 * 10 90 260 (b) 60 20 110 150 180 140 90 50 50 30 10 10 890 UB (a) * 10 * 10 * 10 10 * * * * * 50 (b) * * * 10 10 10 10 10 * * * * 60 SB/SSP (a) * * * * * * * * * * * * 10 (b) * * * * * 10 * * * * * * 10 IVB (a) * * 10 * 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 20 80 (b) * * * * * * * * * * * * 10 Other (a) * * 10 * * 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 60 (b) * * * * 10 * * * * * * * 20 numbers of working and out-of-work families with children, at different income levels and according to the number of wage earners.
§ Mr. PortilloThe information requested is shown in the tables. For statistical reasons, detailed information of this kind should be treated as free standing annual analyses and not as time series.
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* Less than 5,000 (a) Without supplementary benefit.
(b) With supplementary benefit.
Notes:
1. The figures are derived from the 1985 Family Expenditure Survey and are subject to sampling error. All figures have been rounded to the nearest 10,000 and so rows and columns may not sum exactly to the totals shown.
2. The totals do not coincide exactly with other published statistics. This is due to the different data sources.
3. Gross weekly income includes housing benefit and is the income reported in 1985 without updating.
4. An "out of work" family is defined as one where neither parent is in full-time employment or self-employment, except that families where the head has been sick or unemployed for less than 3 months are excluded.
5. The figures exclude any families not living in private households.
6. "Other" National Insurance benefits include industrial disablement, maternity and windows benefit.
Out-of-work families of working age with children not in receipt of supplementary benefit (Great Britain 1985) thousands Gross weekly income including state benefits Not entitled to supplementary benefit Entitled but not claiming supplementary benefit Total £ Under 50 — 30 30 50–59 10 10 20 60–69 20 10 30 70–79 10 10 20 80–89 30 10 40 90–99 40 10 50 100–109 40 — 40 110–119 40 — 40 120–129 20 — 20 130–139 20 — 20 140–149 30 — 30 150 and over 130 — 130 Total 380 80 460 Notes:
1. The figures are derived from the 1985 Family Expenditure Survey and are subject to sampling error. All figures have been rounded to the nearest 10,000 and so rows and columns may not sum exactly to the totals shown.
2. Gross weekly income is the income reported in 1985 without any updating.
3. A "working family" is defined as one where at least one parent is in full-time employment or self-employment, except that families where the head has been sick or unemployed for less than 3 months are excluded.
4. The figures exclude any families not living in private households.
5. Inferences cannot be drawn from the number of out of work families with children entitled but not claiming supplementary benefit about the take-up of supplementary benefit.