HC Deb 27 February 1995 vol 255 c389W
Ms Harman

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many families currently receiving council tax benefit have(a) one adult working, (b) two adults working and (c) three or more adults working,

Number of families in receipt of council tax benefit where at least one adult is working
Thousands
Number of adults working Total number of families Number of people aged 18–24 in the family Total number of people aged 18–24
0 1 2 3 4
1 514 367 118 26 3 1 182
2 63 25 27 10 1 — 50
3 or more 10 3 2 4 1 1 14
Total 587 395 147 39 5 2 247

The number of single-parent families in receipt of council tax benefit, with one adult working is 137,000.

Source:

Council tax benefit management information system annual 1 per cent. sample enquiries taken at the end of May 1993.

Notes:

  1. 1. For the purpose, a family has been defined as a household where there are dependants of non-dependants. It is not possible separately to identify non-dependants who are not part of the family.
  2. 2. The number of people aged 18 to 24 includes the claimant, partner, dependants and any non-dependants, regardless of whether they are working or not.
  3. 3. Adults working could possibly be the claimant, partner or any non-dependants.
  4. 4. Figures are for GB and have been rounded to the nearest thousand.
  5. 5. "—" represents less than 500 rated-up cases.