§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of single lone mothers are in(a) part-time work, (b) full-time work and (c) all paid work. [25169]
§ Ruth KellyThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from John Kidgell to Mr. John Bercow, dated 8 January 2002
The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question about the proportion of single mothers that are in part-time work, full-time work and all paid work. I am replying in his absence. (25169).The information requested is given in the table below.
Lone mothers by whether working full or part-time as percentage of all—Spring 2001 Not seasonally adjusted United Kingdom Number All lone mothers1(million) 1.471 (Per cent.) 100 Of which: All in employment (Per cent.) 49.9 full-time (Per cent.) 22.7 part-time (Per cent.) 27.2 1Includes those lone mothers whose economic status is not known, but percentages are based on totals which exclude this group. Source
Labour Force Survey Household datasets