§ Mr. WigleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many families and what percentage of families in Wales are single-parent families.
§ Mr. David HuntPreliminary results from the 1989 labour force survey estimate that there are 58,000 single-parent families with children under the age of 16 years living in private households in Wales, which represents 16.9 per cent. of all Welsh households with dependent children.