Families (Income Levels) (Hansard, 28 January 1994)

§ Sir David Knox

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will update the answer given to the then right hon. Member for Chesham and Amersham,Official Report, 29 November 1991, columns 667–70,

Table 1
Number of working families with children at various income levels: Great Britain 1990–91
(Thousands)
Gross weekly income excluding slate benefits £	Total	One parent family	Two parent family	One wage family	Two wage family	Number of dependent children
						One	Two	Three	Four or more
Under 80	140	20	130	130	10	50	70	20	10
80–99	50	10	40	40	10	20	20	10	1—
100–119	60	10	50	50	10	30	20	¹—	¹—
120–139	80	20	60	70	10	50	20	¹—	¹—
140–159	130	20	100	110	20	60	50	10	¹—
160–179	160	30	130	120	40	60	70	20	¹—
180–199	150	20	130	110	40	70	50	30	10
200–219	190	20	170	130	60	80	80	20	10
220–239	220	20	200	130	90	90	100	20	10
240–259	240	20	220	120	120	100	110	20	10
260–279	280	20	260	140	140	110	110	40	10
280–299	240	20	230	100	140	100	90	40	10
300–349	570	20	550	180	390	210	290	60	20
350–399	550	20	530	180	370	210	270	60	20
400–449	440	¹—	430	110	330	190	180	50	20
450–499	390	¹—	350	100	250	170	130	50	10
500 and over	1,240	10	1,230	290	950	510	550	150	30
Total	5,100	290	4,810	2,080	2,980	2,110	2,220	610	160
¹ Denotes less than 5 thousand.

Notes:

1. The figures are estimates derived from the 1990 and 1991 family expenditure surveys combined. All figures have been rounded to the nearest 10,000 and because of this rows and columns may not exactly sum to totals. All estimates are subject to sampling error.

2. Gross weekly income is the income reported in the year of the survey, either 1990 or 1991, with no adjustment for inflation.

3. A "working family" is one where at least one parent/partner is in full-time employment or self-employment and working 30 hours or more.

4. A "two wage family" is where the second wage exceeds £5 per week.

5. The figures include only families in private households.

Table 2
Number of non-working families of working age with children at various income levels: Great Britain 1990–91
(Thousands)
Gross weekly income including state benefits £	Under 50	50–69	70–89	90–109	110–129	130–149	150–169	170–189	190–209	210–229	230–249	250 and over	Total
Total	40	80	190	330	280	190	160	100	70	40	30	160	1,660
One-parent family	20	70	150	270	170	90	80	40	30	20	10	30	970
Two-parent family	20	10	40	60	100	100	80	60	50	20	20	120	690
Number of dependent children
One	20	60	140	210	110	50	40	30	20	10	10	70	770
Two	10	10	40	100	100	80	50	30	20	10	10	60	530
Three	¹—	²—	10	20	60	50	40	20	10	¹—	¹—	20	250
Four or more	²—	²—	¹—	¹—	¹—	20	20	20	10	10	10	10	110
Contributory benefits being received
None²	40	20	30	30	20	20	30	20	30	20	10	110	370
None⁴	¹—	50	140	270	210	140	100	60	20	10	10	20	1,040
UB²	²—	¹—	10	10	10	¹—	¹—	¹—	10	²—	—	10	50
UB⁴	²—	²—	²—	¹—	10	¹—	¹—	¹—	²—	²—	¹—	¹—	20
SB/SSP³	²—	²—	¹—	¹—	10	¹—	¹—	²—	¹—	²—	²—	10	30

450W showing the numbers of working and out-of-work families with children at different levels of income, according to family size, distinguishing between one-parent families and two-parent families and showing the benefits on which the out-of-work families depended.

§ Mr. Burt

The information is in the tables.

Some of the estimates in the tables are based on small sample sizes and are therefore subject to a wide margin of error.

The figures are based on estimates taken from 1990 and 1991 family expenditure surveys, using the income reported in the survey year. They are not adjusted to a common price base and therefore should not be used for comparison over time.

451W

Gross weekly income including state benefits £

Under 50

50–69

70–89

90–109

110–129

130–149

150–169

170–189

190–209

210–229

230–249

250 and over

Total

SB/SSP⁴

²—

¹—

²—

IVB³

²—

¹—

²—

¹—

IVB⁴

²—

¹—

²—

¹—

²—

¹—

Other³

²—

¹—

²—

¹—

²—_

²—

Other⁴

²—

¹—

²—

¹—

²—

—

¹—

²—

¹—

²—

¹ Denotes less than 5,000.

² Denotes zero.

³ Denotes without income support.

⁴ Denotes with income support.

Notes:

2. Gross weekly income is the income reported in the year of the survey, either 1990 or 1991, with no adjustment for inflation.

3. A "non-working family" is one where neither parent/partner is in full-time employment or self-employment.

4. The figures include only families in private households.

5.Other contributory benefits include widows benefit, maternity allowance and statutory maternity pay.

6.It is known that receipt of income support is under-reported in the family expenditure surveys.