§ Ms HarmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what the average weekly income is for families in receipt of family credit broken down between the amount received in(a) pay and (b) family credit for a one parent family with (i) one child, (ii) two children and (iii) three children. [62579]
§ Angela EagleThe information is in the table.
Average weekly income of lone parent family credit recipients split by number of children, net earnings and weekly family credit Number of children Number of cases Total average income from net earnings and weekly Family Credit (£) Average net earnings (£) Average weekly Family Credit (£) All lone parents 377,000 152.14 92.66 59.48 1 child 194,000 143.96 93.39 50.57 2 children 128,000 155.99 93.06 62.93 3 children 43,000 169.04 90.52 78.52 Notes:
1. Figures based on a 5 per cent. sample of Family Credit awards and as such are subject to a degree of sampling error.
2. Figures are rounded to the nearest thousand and may not sum due to totals.
3. Figures do not include income from other benefits, e.g. Child Benefit, Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit.
4. Figures include dependants aged 16–18 who are included in the calculation of the Family Credit award.
5. Lone parents with 1 to 3 children do not sum to the total for all lone parents as there are also lone parents with 4 or more children in receipt of Family Credit.
Source:
May 1998 Family Credit Quarterly Statistical Enquiry.