§ Mr. FieldTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what are the(a) numbers and (b) percentages of families claiming family credit where the family credit payment is equal to (i) up to 75 per cent. of the weekly wage, (ii) from 76 to 100 per cent. of the weekly wage and (iii) over 100 per cent. of the weekly wage; and if he will break down these figures between two parent and single parent families. [63501]
§ Angela EagleThe information is in the table. 373W
Family credit recipients at May 1998: weekly family credit (FC) as a proportion of gross weekly earnings All families Two parent families Lone parent families Number of cases (Thousand) Percentage of all FC claimants Number of cases (Thousand) Percentage of all two parent families receiving FC Number of cases (Thousand) Percentage of all lone parent families receiving FC All families receiving FC 767 100 390 100 377 100 FC equals up to 75 per cent. of gross earnings 433 56.5 236 60.6 197 52.2 FC equals 76 to 100 per cent. of gross earnings 91 11.9 34 8.6 58 15.3 FC over 100 per cent. of gross earnings 243 31.6 120 30.8 123 32.5 Notes:
1. Figures are based on a 5 per cent. sample of Family Credit awards and as such are subject to a degree of sampling error
2. Caseload figures are rounded to the nearest thousand and may not sum to totals
Source:
Family Credit 5 per cent. sample of awards