§ Mr. Matthew TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what estimate he has of the number of(a) married couples living in households headed by another adult, and (b) single-parent families living in households headed by another adult, according to local authority housing investment programme returns, for 1979 and the latest year available.
§ Mr. Trippier[holding answer 22 December 1988]: The estimates requested for 1988 are given in columns B3A1 (married couple) and B3B1 (lone parent) of the "HIP1 all items print" which is available in the Library. No comparable estimates were collected in 1979.