HC Deb 21 October 1993 vol 230 cc330-1W
Mr. Pike

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many single parents are(a) claiming unemployment benefit, (b) receiving income support and (c) living in rented accommodation and receiving housing benefit; and what percentage of the recipients in each category they represent.

Mr. Burt

Figures for the number of single parents receiving only unemployment benefit are not available. The latest available information on single parents receiving income support with and without unemployment benefit, and receiving housing benefit with and without income support is for 1992 and is in the tables.

Number of single parents in receipt of income support
Number of cases Percentage of all income support cases
With unemployment benefit 3,000 0.1
Without unemployment benefit 1,023,000 18.6
All cases 1,026,000 18.7

Number of single parents in receipt of housing benefit
Number of cases Percentage of all housing benefit cases
With income support 730,000 28.0
Without indomce support 87,000 5.0
All cases 817,000 19.0

Note: Figures are rounded to the nearest thousand. Figures may overlap as people can receive more than one of these benefits.