§ Mr. Peter BottomleyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will estimate the increase in the numbers of children in lone-parent households since 1981 in Greenwich, Wandsworth and Lewisham.
§ Mr. YeoUp-to-date information on the number of children in lone-parent households in these areas will not be available until results from the 1991 census of population are published next year. However, the Department's estimate of the numbers of lone-parent households, which are based on mid-year population estimates by the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys, are given in the following table.
Lone-parent households Increase Mid 1981 Mid 1989 Increase Thousands Thousands thousands Per cent. Greenwich 8.3 10.6 2.3 28 Wandsworth 12.0 15.1 3.1 26 Lewisham 10.6 13.0 2.4 23