HC Deb 26 July 1999 vol 336 cc104-5W
Mr. Field

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many families claiming family credit have (a) one child, (b) two children, (c) three children, (d) four children, (e) five children and (f) six children or more; and if he will break these numbers down by regions. [92574]

Angela Eagle

The information is in the table.

Number of children in families receiving family credit by Government Office Region as at February 1999
Number of children
All children 1 2 3 4 5 6 or more
GreatBritain 788.1 301.5 281.5 135.0 49.7 14.2 6.3
North East 51.0 20.8 19.1 8.2 2.0 0.7 *0.1
North West 120.8 47.0 43.7 20.0 7.0 2.3 0.8
Yorkshire and Humberside 92.8 34.2 34.2 15.9 5.8 1.9 0.8
East Midlands 64.0 23.6 23.1 11.4 4.3 1.1 0.5
West Midlands 83.7 30.3 28.6 15.3 6.3 2.1 1.0
Eastern 52.0 19.4 18.6 8.6 3.9 1.0 0.6
London 60.2 21.6 20.3 11.2 4.7 1.4 0.9
South East 71.9 26.1 25.2 13.1 5.2 1.7 0.6
South West 62.4 23.0 22.0 11.8 4.4 0.6 0.6
Wales 49.3 19.4 18.1 8.3 2.8 0.5 *0.2
Scotland 80.0 36.0 28.6 11.2 3.2 0.8 *0.2

Notes:

  1. 1. Numbers are in thousands and rounded to the nearest hundred. Figures marked "*" are subject to a high degree of sampling error and should only be used as a guide to the current situation.
  2. 2. Cases are allocated to each Government Office Region by matching the postcode against the 1999 version of the Postcode Directory.
  3. 3. Children are defined as aged 0–18.

Source:

Family Credit 5 per cent. sample of awards