§ Mr. LawsTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what his estimate is of the percentage of dependant children living in lone-parent families in the UK in each of the last 30 years; and if he will make a statement. [62404]
§ Ruth KellyThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from Len Cook to Mr. David Laws, dated 19 June 2002:
As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your question on the percentage of dependent children living in lone-parent families. (62404)Historical estimates of the percentage of all dependent children who live in one-parent families are available from the General Household Survey which covers Great Britain. The proportions—based on three year averages—are as follows:395W
Percentage 19711 8 1981 11 1990 17 1991 18 1996 21 1998 23 20001 25 1 Based on a single GHS year's data only.
§ Mr. LawsTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what proportion of children in the UK have been born outside marriage in each of the last 30 years; and if he will make a statement; [62403]
(2) what his estimate is of the proportion of babies born to teenage women in the UK in each of the last 25 years; and if he will make a statement. [62402]
§ Ruth KellyThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from Len Cook to Mr. David Laws, dated 19 June 2002:
As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your recent questions on the proportion of children born outside marriage in each of the last 30 years in the UK, and the proportion of babies born to teenage women in each of the last 25 years in the UK. A single reply has been used to answer your questions. (62403 and 62402)The information for the first question is given in the attached table A, and for the second question in the attached table B.
Table A. Number of births outside marriage per 1,000 live births, United Kingdom, 1972–2001 Year Proportion of births outside marriage
1972 84 1973 84 1974 87 1975 90 1976 90 1977 95 1978 100 1979 106 1980 115 1981 125 1982 141 1983 154 1984 170 1985 189 1986 210 1987 229 1988 251 1989 266 1990 279 1991 298 1992 308 1993 317 1994 320 1995 336 1996 355 1997 368 1998 376 1999 388 2000 395 2001 401 396W
Table B. Number of births to mothers aged under 20 per 1,000 live births, United Kingdom, 1977–2001 Year Proportion of births to mothers aged under 20 years
1977 97 1978 95 1979 93 1980 93 1981 89 1982 89 1983 86 1984 86
Table B. Number of births to mothers aged under 20 per1,000 live births, United Kingdom, 1977–2001 Year Proportion of births to mothers aged under 20 years
1985 87 1986 87 1987 85 1988 85 1989 81 1990 79 1991 75 1992 70 1993 68 1994 64 1995 65 1996 69 1997 73 1998 76 1999 78 2000 77 2001 75