HC Deb 01 February 1990 vol 166 cc347-9W
Sir Ian Gilmour

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will publish the information contained in the letter to the rt hon. Member for Chesham and Amersham dated 8 January, showing the estimated numbers of working and out-of-work families with children at different income levels in 1986.

Mrs. Gillian Shephard

The 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 a time series.

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

£129

 £130 to

£139

 £140 to

£149

 £150 and over Total
None (a) 40 10 10 10 20 20 30 20 20 10 * 100 290
(b) 50 20 90 160 170 130 110 70 20 30 20 20 890
UB (a) * * 10 10 10 * 10 10 — — * 10 60
(b) — — — 10 10 20 10 10 10 10 — 10 70
SB/SSP (a) — — — — — * — * — — — — 10
(b) — — — — — — — — * — — — *
IVB (a) * — — 10 10 * 10 * 10 10 — 30 80
(b) — — — 10 10 — — — — — — 10 20
Other (a) — 10 — 10 10 * * 10 — — — 10 50
(b) — * 10 — * — * — — — — — 10
(a) without supplementary benefit.
(b) with supplementary benefit.
— nil.
* less than 5000.

Notes:

  1. 1. The figures are derived from the 1986 Family Expenditure Survey and are subject to sampling error.
  2. All figures have been rounded to the nearest 10,000 and so rows and columns may not sum exactly to the totals shown.
  3. 2. The totals do not coincide exactly with other published statistics. This is due to the different data sources.
  4. 3. Income is gross of taxes and national insurance and is the income reported in 1986 without updating.
  5. 4. A "non-working family" is defined as one where neither parent is in full-time employment or self employment.
  6. 5. The figures exclude any families not living in private households.
  7. 6. "Other" National Insurance benefits include industrial disablement and widows benefit.

Table 3 Non-working families of working age with children not in receipt of supplementary benefit (Great Britain 1986)
Gross weekly income including state benefits Not entitled to suplementary benefit Entitled but not claiming supplementary benefit Total
Under 50 1 50 50
50–59 10 10 20
60–69 10 10 10
70–79 30 10 30
80–89 30 20 40
90–99 30 — 30
100–109 50 1 50
110–119 40 1 40
120–129 30 1 30
130–139 20 — 20
140–149 10 — 10
150 and over 140 10 150
Total 360 110 470
Less than 5,000.

Notes:

  1. 1. The figures are derived from the 1986 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 total shown.
  2. 2. Income is gross of taxes and national insurance and is the income reported in 1986 without updating.
  3. 3. A "non-working family" is defined as one where neither partner is in full-time employment or self employment.
  4. 4. The figures exclude any families not living in private households.
  5. 5. Inferences cannot be drawn from the number of non-working families with children entitled but not claiming supplementary benefit about the take-up of supplementary benefit.

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