§ Lord Quirkasked Her Majesty's Government:
How the figures for children growing up in single-parent families in England and Wales compare with those in other European Union countries. [HL1927]
§ Lord McIntosh of HaringeyThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from the National Statistician, Len Cook, dated December 2001.
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question on figures for children growing up in single-parent families in this country and in other European Union countries. (HL1927)
The only available comparable figures for European Union countries give the number of one-parent households; that is, households containing a lone parent with dependent children. The information has been supplied by Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities. The figures for this country relate to the United Kingdom; figures for Denmark, Finland, Sweden and Ireland are not available.