HC Deb 10 May 2000 vol 349 cc413-4W
Mr. Willetts

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what was the total number of lone parents on income support, broken down into those with children(a) below and (b) above school age, for each month since April 1992. [121036]

Mr. Bayley

The information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is in the table.

As many lone parents have more than one child whose ages can be either above or below five years, figures have been provided for all three categories, i.e., lone parents with under fives only, lone parents with over fives only, and those parents with children in both categories.

Income support lone parents by age dependant children Great Britain 1992 to 1999
Thousand
Quarter All children under 5 All children over 5 children under and over 5
August 1999 309 410 221
May 1999 308 407 221
February 1999 311 408 221
November 1998 310 405 224
August 1998 315 412 228
May 1998 321 412 228
February 1998 328 414 230
November 1997 333 418 232
August 1997 343 432 237
May 1997 347 429 237
February 1997 352 430 238
November 1996 355 429 238
August 1996 367 450 244
May 1996 370 445 244
February 1996 373 443 244
November 1995 379 439 243
August 1995 385 437 244
May 1995 383 433 240
February 1995 385 426 238
November 1994 387 420 235
August 1994 392 423 233
May 1994 395 415 229
February 1994 400 408 227
November 1993 403 402 226
August 1993 410 402 228
May 1993 404 389 220
February 1993 403 382 215
November 1992 402 371 211

Notes:

  1. 1. Figures are based on a 5 per cent. sample, and as such they are subject to a degree of sampling error.
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  2. 2. Figures exclude unemployed who transferred to Jobseeker's Allowance with effect from October 1996.
  3. 3. Lone Parents are single claimants with dependants who are not receiving the disability or pensioner premium.
  4. 4. Figures have been rounded to the nearest thousand.
  5. 5. Information on the numbers of lone parents claiming Income Support by age of child dependants is collected on a quarterly basis. It is therefore not possible to supply monthly figures.

Source:

Income Support Statistics Inquiries, November 1992 to August 1999.

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