Family Income (Hansard, 11 July 1994)

§ Sir David Knox

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will update to the latest year for which the figures are available his reply to the right hon. Member for Chesham and Amersham, Sir Ian Gilmour, of 29 November 1991,Official Report, columns 666–70, 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 and two-parent families and between one-earner and two-earner families showing (a) gross weekly incomes

Table 1
Number of working families with children at various income levels
Great Britain
1991–92
Thousands
						Number of dependent children
	Total	One-parent family	Two-parent family	One-wage family	Two-wage family	One	Two	Three	Four or more
Gross weekly income excluding state benefits
Under £80	140	10	130	120	20	50	70	20	0
£80 to £99	50	10	40	50	¹—	30	20	10	¹—
£100 to £119	60	10	50	50	¹—	40	20	¹—	0
£120 to £139	70	20	50	50	10	40	20	10	¹—
£140 to £159	110	20	90	100	10	40	40	20	10
£160 to £179	130	20	100	100	30	60	50	20	10
£180 to £199	110	20	90	80	30	60	40	10	10
£200 to £219	170	30	140	120	50	80	60	20	10
£220 to £239	190	20	170	120	60	70	90	10	10
£240 to £259	180	20	160	110	70	80	80	20	¹—
£260 to £279	230	20	210	120	100	80	110	30	10
£280 to £299	220	20	200	100	120	100	80	30	10
£300 to £349	510	20	480	190	320	210	220	50	20
£350 to £399	570	20	550	180	400	220	270	60	10
£400 to £449	460	10	440	130	330	210	190	40	10
£450 to £499	340	¹—	340	100	250	150	140	50	10
£500 and over	1,450	10	1,430	390	1,060	560	650	190	50
TOTAL	4,980	300	4,680	2,110	2,870	2,080	2,140	590	170
¹Denotes less than 5 thousand.

Notes:

1. The figures are estimates derived from the 1991 and 1992 Family Expenditure Surveys combined. All figures have been rounded to the nearest 10 thousand 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 1991 or 1992, 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
1991–92
Thousands
Gross weekly income including state benefits
	Under £50	£50 to £69	£70 to £89	£90 to £109	£110 to £129	£130 to £149	£150 to £169	£170 to £189	£190 to £209	£210 to £229	£230 to £249	£250 and over	Total
TOTAL	40	60	140	300	330	260	220	150	90	70	40	180	1,880
One-parent family	10	50	100	240	210	130	110	50	30	30	20	40	1,020
Two-parent family	30	20	30	60	110	120	100	100	50	40	20	150	860
Number of dependent children
One	30	50	110	200	160	70	60	40	20	20	10	80	850
Two	10	10	20	80	130	120	60	50	30	30	10	70	610
Three	¹—	¹—	10	10	40	70	60	30	10	20	¹—	30	270
Four or more	¹—	¹—	¹—	10	¹—	10	30	30	20	10	10	10	140

396W

excluding state benefits for the working families, with gross weekly income ranges as before to £280 to £299, but finishing with bands of £300 to £350, £350 to £400 and £400 and over and (b) the benefits and benefit incomes on which the out-of-work families depended.

§ Mr. Burt

The information requested 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 1991 and 1992 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.

397W

Gross weekly income including state benefits
	Under £50	£50 to £69	£70 to £89	£90 to £109	£110 to £129	£130 to £149	£150 to £169	£170 to £189	£190 to £209	£210 to £229	£230 to £249	£250 and over	Total
Contributory benefits being received
None²	40	20	30	30	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	110	370
None³	¹—	40	100	240	270	200	150	80	40	40	20	30	1,210
Unemployment benefit²	0	¹—	10	10	10	¹—	10	10	¹—	¹—	¹—	10	60
Unemployment benefit³	0	0	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	10	¹—	0	¹—	0	¹—	30
SB/SSP²	0	¹—	0	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	0	¹—	10	30
SB/SSP³	0	0	0	0	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	10	0	0	0	20
Invalidity benefit²	0	0	¹—	10	10	20	10	20	10	0	¹—	10	100
Invalidity benefit³	0	0	0	¹—	0	0	¹—	¹—	¹—	10	¹—	¹—	20
Other²	0	¹—	0	0	¹—	0	10	¹—	0	¹—	¹—	10	30
Other³	0	0	¹—	¹—	10	0	0	0	0	¹—	0	0	10
¹Denotes less than 5,000.
²Denotes without income support.
³Denotes with income support.

Notes:

2. Gross weekly income is the income reported in the year of the survey, either 1991 or 1992 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.

7. SB is sickness benefit and SSP is statutory sick pay.