§ Mr. KirkwoodTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will estimate the number of families with children in receipt of income support distinguishing between(a) one-parent and (b) two-parent families broken down by families with (i) one child, (ii) two children, (iii) three children and (iv) four or more children; and within each group if he will list the number of children aged (1) under 12 months, (2) one to two years, (3) three to four years, (4) five to 10 years, (5) 11 to 15 years and (6) 16 to 18 years. [67793]
§ Angela EagleThe information is in the table.
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Numbers of families with children receiving income support by family type, family size and age of each child as at August 1998 Thousand Number of: Number of children aged Families Children Under 12 months 1 to 2 years 3 to 4 years 5 to 10 years 11 to 15 years 16 to 18 years Couples All Children 200 445 17 41 41 148 144 54 With 1 child 69 69 4 8 4 12 25 16 With 2 children 63 127 5 12 13 41 41 15 With 3 children 38 113 4 10 11 43 36 10 With 4 or more 30 137 4 11 14 53 43 13 Single Parents All Children 1,048 1,934 109 252 254 735 480 105 With 1 child 483 483 49 98 70 137 103 26 With 2 children 343 685 32 81 97 274 164 37 With 3 children 151 453 16 44 53 195 121 24 With 4 or more 71 313 11 28 33 129 92 19 Notes:
1. Numbers are rounded to the nearest thousand.
2. Figures are based on a 5 per cent. sample and as such are subject to a degree of sampling error.
Source:
Income Support Statistics Quarterly Enquiry August 1998.