Family Credit (Hansard, 20 February 1992)

HC Deb 20 February 1992 vol 204 c274W 274W

§ Ms. Ruddock
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security (I) how many children are in families receiving family credit;
(2) how many families were receiving family credit at the latest available date; and if he will break these figures down into (a) one-parent and two-parent families and (b) one-earner and two earner families.

§ Mr. Jack
The latest available information upon which a breakdown on the basis requested can be provided is for the end of July 1991, when there were 754,000 children in the 355,000 families receiving family credit. The latter figure breaks down as follows:

Number

(a) One parent families 133,000

Two parent families 222,000

(b) One earner families 338,000

Two earner families 17,000

	Number
(a) One parent families	133,000
Two parent families	222,000
(b) One earner families	338,000
Two earner families	17,000