HC Deb 13 February 1989 vol 147 c55W
Mr. Frank Field

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will list the number and proportion of one-parent families in receipt of family income supplement in April 1987 headed by (i) a female and (ii) a male head of household; and if he will give the equivalent data for the family credit, at the end of November 1988.

Mr. Peter Lloyd

The information for one-parent families in receipt of family income supplement is as follows:

Number Percentage
i. Female head of household 88,000 96.0
ii. Male head of household 4,000 4.0

The equivalent information for family credit is not available.