§ Ms HarmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many children in lone parent families were on Income Support in(a) London and (b) each London borough (i) in 1996 and (ii) at the latest date for which figures are available. [152198]
§ Mr. BayleyThe information is in the table.
Number of children in lone parent families on Income Support— Greater London Thousand May 1996 November 2000 City of London 0.1 10.1 Barking and Dagenham 8.6 8.9 Barnet 8.6 8.4 Bexley 6.8 6.5 Brent 14.5 11.1 Bromley 6.7 6.3 Camden 9.6 8.3 Croydon 14.6 12.9 Ealing 12.5 11.0 Enfield 12.7 11.0 Greenwich 13.7 13.2 Hackney 17.6 15.3 Hammersmith and Fulham 7.8 7.3 Haringey 14.1 14.3 Harrow 5.7 5.4 Havering 5.9 5.7 Hillingdon 7.7 8.9 Hounslow 8.9 8.2 Islington 12.5 12.2 Kensington and Chelsea 4.3 3.5 Kingston upon Thames 2.8 3.1 Lambeth 19.4 17.1 Lewisham 16.1 14.0 Merton 6.4 5.3 Newham 20.1 19.4 Redbridge 7.1 6.9 Richmond upon Thames 2.7 2.5 Southwark 19.1 16.3 Sutton 5.2 4.0 Tower Hamlets 12.7 10.7 Waltham Forest 13.6 10.5 Wandsworth 10.4 8.9 Westminster 6.5 5.1 Total 335.1 302.1 1 Figures below 500 are subject to a high degree of sampling error. Notes:
1. Lone parents are defined as single claimants with dependants who are not receiving the disability or pens oner premiums.
2. Based on 5 per cent. sample, therefore subject to sampling error.
3. Figures have been rounded to the nearest hundred and quoted in thousands.
4. Children are defined as aged 0–15 years
§ Ms HarmanTo ask the secretary of state for Social Security how many lone parents on Income Support there were in(a) London and (b) each London borough (i) in 1996 and (ii) at the latest date for which figures are available. [152202]
§ Mr. BayleyThe information in is the table.294W
Number of lone parents on Income Support—Greater London May 1996 November 2000 City of London 10.1 10.0 Barking and Dagenham 4.6 4.8 Barnet 5.4 5.1 Bexley 4.1 3.4 Brent 8.4 6.2 Bromley 4.0 3.9 Camden 5.9 4.7 Croydon 8.0 7.2 Ealing 7.1 6.0 Enfield 7.3 6.5 Greenwich 7.7 7.1 Hackney 10.2 8.6 Hammersmith and Fulham 4.7 3.8 Haringey 8.4 8.1 Harrow 3.1 2.9 Havering 3.7 3.2 Hillingdon 4.6 4.5 Hounslow 5.1 4.7 Islington 7.5 6.9 Kensington and Chelsea 2.7 2.2 Kingston upon Thames 1.7 1.8 Lambeth 11.6 9.8 Lewisham 9.2 7.8 Merton 3.7 2.8 Newham 10.7 9.6 Redbridge 4.0 3.8 Richmond upon Thames 1.7 1.6 Southwark 11.3 9.5 Sutton 2.9 2.1 Tower Hamlets 6.8 6.0 Waltham Forest 7.5 5.5 Wandsworth 6.1 5.0 Westminster 4.0 3.1 Total 193.7 168.3 1 Figures are below 500 and are subject to a high degree of sampling error. Notes:
1. Lone parents are defined as single claimants with dependants who are not receiving the disability or pensioner premiums.
2. Based on 5 per cent. sample, therefore subject to sampling error.
3. Figures have been rounded to the nearest hundred and quoted in thousands.