HC Deb 17 October 1996 vol 282 cc1113-4W
Ms Harman

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what proportion of single lone mothers are in(a) part-time work, (b) full-time work and (c) all paid work; [41023]

(2) how many children are in families headed by (a) single lone mothers, (b) divorced or separated lone mothers, (c) widowed lone mothers and (d) lone fathers; and what were the figures five years previously; [41003]

(3) what proportion of one-parent families are (a) single lone mothers, (b) divorced or separated lone mothers, (c) widowed lone mothers and (d) lone fathers by English region. [41013]

(4) how many lone parents under 25 years of age are (a) in paid work, (b) economically active and (c) economically inactive; [41019]

(5) what proportion of lone parents are economically active; [41007]

(6) what proportion of one-parent families are headed by (a) single lone mothers, (b) divorced or separated lone mothers, (c) widowed lone mothers and (d) lone fathers (i) in total and (ii) in each region; and what were the figures five years previously; [41005]

(7) what proportion of widowed lone mothers are in (a) part-time work, (b) full-time work and (c) all paid work; [40894]

(8) what proportion of lone parents are economically active, by English region; [41024]

(9) how many children are currently in one-parent families; [41004]

(10) how many one-parent families there were in each of the last five years; [41014]

(11) how many lone parents are under 25 years of age; [41020]

(12) what proportion of families in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland were one-parent families in each of the last 10 years; [41001]

(13) what proportion of families were one-parent families in each of the last 10 years (a) in total and (b) by English region; [41008]

(14) how many one-parent families are there (a) in England by region, (b) in Scotland, (c) in Wales and (d) in Northern Ireland; [41006]

(15) how many lone parents there are whose youngest child is over five years old; [41016]

(16) how many children are in families headed by (a) single lone mothers, (b) divorced or separated lone mothers, (c) widowed lone mothers and (d) lone fathers by English region; [41002]

(17) what proportion of lone fathers are in (a) part-time work, (b) full-time work and (c) all paid work. [40895]

Mrs. Angela Knight

I cannot answer substantively before Parliament is prorogued. I will, however, write to the hon. Member.

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