HC Deb 29 November 1991 vol 199 cc666-9W
Sir Ian Gilmour

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will update to 1988 his reply to the right hon. Member for Chesham and Amersham,Official Report, 1 February 1990, column 348–50, showing the numbers of working and out-of-work families with children at different levels of income, according to the family size, distinguishing between one-parent and two-parent families and between one-earner and two-earner families; and showing the benefits on which the out-of-work families depended.

Mr. Jack

The information requested is set out in the following tables.

These tables should be used only as free-standing income analyses and not for any time series or trend analyses.

Some of the sample sizes in the tables are too small to be statistically reliable and robust conclusions cannot be drawn.

Table 1
Number of working families with children at various income levels: Great Britain 1988
thousands
Gross weekly income excluding state benefits Number of dependent children
£ Total One parent family Two parent family One wage family Two wage family 1 2 3 34
Under 80 120 30 90 90 30 60 40 10 10
80–89 40 10 30 20 10 20 10 2 10
90–99 30 2 20 30 1 10 20 2 1
100–109 50 10 40 40 10 30 10 2 10
110–119 70 10 60 30 40 30 30 2 2
120–129 60 10 50 50 10 40 20 10 2
130–139 90 10 70 70 20 50 30 10 2
140–149 90 20 70 60 20 40 30 10 2
150–159 100 10 90 80 30 50 30 20 10
160–169 130 10 120 80 50 70 60 10 1
170–179 140 10 130 70 70 60 60 20 10
180–189 130 10 120 70 60 40 50 30 10
190–199 160 10 150 90 70 70 60 20 10
199–219 330 10 320 200 130 130 130 40 30
220–239 400 10 380 160 230 190 170 30 10
240–259 340 10 330 160 180 120 160 50 10
260–279 260 10 250 120 140 90 110 50 10
280–299 320 20 300 100 220 120 150 40 10
300 and over 2,430 40 2,390 640 1,800 970 1,090 320 50
Total 5,280 250 5,020 2,150 3,120 2,180 2,240 670 190
1 Denotes nil cases in sample.
2 Denotes less than 5,000 cases.
3 Or more.

Notes:

1. The figures are derived from the 1988 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 totals shown.

2. Gross weekly income is the income reported in 1988 without any updating.

3. A "working family" is defined as one where at least one parent is in full-time (30 hours or more) employment or self-employment.

4. The figures exclude any families not living in private households.

Table Two
Number of non-working families of working age with children at various income levels: Great Britain 1988
Thousands
Gross weekly income including state benefits Under 50 50–59 60–69 70–79 80–89 90–99 100–109 110–119 120–129 130–139 140–149 150 and over Total
Total 80 60 70 140 180 190 200 110 70 80 50 180 1,410
One parent family 60 50 60 120 150 120 90 40 40 40 10 50 830
Two parent family 30 10 10 20 30 70 110 70 30 40 30 130 580
Number of dependent children:
One 60 40 60 100 100 60 60 30 20 20 10 60 640
Two 20 20 10 30 80 100 100 40 20 40 10 80 540
Three —1 —1 —1 10 10 30 30 30 20 10 10 20 160
Four or more —2 —1 —1 —1 —1 —1 —2 10 10 10 10 20 70
National Insurance benefits being received:
None (a) 50 20 10 10 20 20 20 20 10 20 10 80 270
(b) 20 40 50 120 140 150 140 80 30 30 20 50 880
UB (a) —1 —1 —2 —2 —1 10 20 —2 — —2 10 10 50
(b) —1 —1 —2 —1 10 —1 10 10 10 —2 —1 —2 40
SB/SSP (a) —1 —1 —1 —1 —1 —1 —2 — —2 —1 —11 10 10
(b) —1 —1 —1 —1 —2 —1 —1 —1 —1 —1 —1 —1 —2
IVB (a) —1 —1 —1 —2 —2 10 10 —2 10 10 10 10 60
(b) —1 —1 —1 —1 —1 —2 —1 —1 —1 10 —1 —2 10
Other (a) 10 —1 —2 10 10 —2 —1 10 10 10 —2 10 60
(b) —1 —1 —2 —1 10 —1 10 —2 —2 —2 —1 10 30
(a) Without supplementary benefit.
(b) With supplementary benefit.
1 Denotes nil cases in sample.
2 Denotes less than 5,000 cases.

Notes:

1. The figures are derived from the 1988 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 totals shown.

2. Gross weekly income is the income reported in 1988 without any updating.

3. A "non-working family" is defined as one where neither is in full-time (30 hours of more) employment or self-employment.

4. The figures exclude any families not living in private households.

5. "Other" National Insurance Benefits include industrial disablement and widows benefit