HC Deb 19 April 1994 vol 241 cc488-9W
Mr. Frank Field

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security (1) what proportion of children of single parent families live in families where no maintenance payments are made by the non-custodial parent to the custodial parent in(a) the United Kingdom, (b) Germany, (c) France and (d) the USA;

(2) what proportion of parents under the age of 18 years were (a) married, (b) divorced, (c) separated and (d) never married in 1970, 1980, 1990 and 1994 in (i) the United Kingdom, (ii) France, (iii) Germany and (iv) the USA;

(3) what proportion of children of lone parent families live in families where the non-custodial parent is unknown in (a) the United Kingdom, (b) Germany, (c) France and (d) the USA.

Mr. Hague

This information is not available.