§ Martin LintonTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many children are in lone-parent families in(a) London, broken down by borough and (b) in the Battersea constituency. [55803]
§ Ruth KellyThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from Len Cook to Mr. Martin Linton MP, dated 15 May 2002:
As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question on the number of children in lone-parent families in (a) London, broken down by Borough, and (b) in the Battersea constituency. (55803)Estimates of the number of dependent children living in one-parent families in each London Borough are only available from the 1991 Census and are shown in the attached table.A 1991 census estimate of the number of dependent children in one-parent families is not available for the Battersea constituency, although some population estimates (including those of children), by household composition, were published in: "New Parliamentary Constituency, Key Counts Census Monitor, 1991" (HMSO, 1996)See also:Estimated numbers of one parent families and their prevalence in Great Britain in 1991, John Haskey, Population Trends 78, HMSO (London, 1994) (gives some other estimates for one-parent families by London Borough, using 1991 Census data)One-parent families and their dependent children in Great Britain, John Haskey, Population Trends, 91, The Stationery Office (London, 1998) (gives latest available national estimates)Regional Trends No 36 (2001 edition), Sub-regions of England (Table 14.4 page 199) (gives projected—from earlier censuses up to and including the 1991 Census—percentage proportions of households which are lone parent households in 1999 by London Borough)(Copies of Population Trends, Regional Trends and Census Monitors are held in the House of Commons Library.)2. Counts from the 2001 Census will become available during 2003 and will be placed in the House of Commons Library.721W
Number of—(a) dependent children in lone parent families and (b) dependent children in all families; and (c) lone parent families with dependent children by London Boroughs, 1991 Thousands London Borough Dependent children1 in lone parent families (a) Dependent children1 in all families (b) Percentage of dependent children1 in lone parent families (a) divided by (b) times 100 Lone parent families with dependent children (c) Inner London 163.3 514.8 32 102.6 Barking and Dagenham 6.1 31.7 19 3.9 Barnet 9.7 63.5 15 6.1 Bexley 6.2 47.4 13 4.0 Brent 13.0 53.7 24 8.2 Bromley 8.0 59.0 14 5.2 Croydon 12.4 67.9 18 8.1 Ealing 11.3 59.1 19 6.9 Enfield 9.1 57.0 16 5.8 Greenwich 13.1 48.2 27 7.5 Harrow 5.3 44.4 12 3.5 Havering 6.4 49.4 13 4.4 Hillingdon 7.1 49.2 14 4.6 Hounslow 8.4 46.0 18 5.0 Kingston upon Thames 3.2 26.2 12 2.3 Merton 5.4 34.0 16 3.6 Redbridge 6.1 49.3 12 4.1 Richmond upon Thames 3.9 30.1 13 2.7 Sutton 5.2 35.1 15 3.2 Waltham Forest 10.2 45.6 22 6.4 Outer London 150.1 896.8 17 95.5 Greater London 313.3 1,411.6 22 198.1 1A dependent child is either a person aged 0–15 in a household; or one aged 16–18, never married, in full-time education, and economically inactive. Note:
Estimated numbers have been calculated at London Borough level then summed to obtain estimates for Inner London, Outer London and Greater London
Source:
1991 Census (based on 10 per cent. Census figures, grossed up)