§ Mr. Frank FieldTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will list the number and proportions of claimants of family income supplement who were one and two-parent families; and if he will give the equivalent data for the family credit.
§ Mr. Peter LloydIn April 1987, the latest date for which information is available, approximately 92,000 (41.8 per cent.) one-parent families and 128,000 (58.2 per cent.) two-parent families received family income supplement. The only similar information available for family credit is for 97 per cent. of families and, of them, for those where the parent is an employee. At the end of November 1988 there were approximately 98,000 (42.1 per cent.) one-parent families and 135,000 (57.9 per cent.) two-parent families. There were a further 20,000 families where the parent was self-employed, but no breakdown of this figure is available between one and two-parent families.