One-parent Families

HC Deb 25 January 1996 vol 270 cc356-7W

Mr. Wicks

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many and what proportion of(a) families with children, (b) one-parent families, (c) one-parent families headed by a divorced or separated person, (d) one-parent families headed by a widow or widower and (e) one-parent families headed by a single unmarried mother receive income support. [9605]

Mr. Roger Evans

The available information is set out in the table.

Income support recipients: GB 1993
	Number of IS recipients (thousands)	As a percentage of the relevant population
Families with dependent children	1,600	23
One-parent families with dependent children of which:	1,048	71
Divorced or separated	547	65
widowed	20	24
Single unmarried mother	463	85

	Number of IS recipients (thousands)	As a percentage of the relevant population
Single unmarried fathers	14	1—
Prisoners' partners	3	n/a

Notes:

¹denotes sample size too small to estimate percentage.

1. n/a denotes not available.

2. Due to rounding, recipient total does not tally.

Source:

Income Support 1 per cent. Annual Statistical Enquiry May 1993. Estimates derived from the General Household Survey.