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Dr. McDonald
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services in how many two-parent families in receipt of family income supplement both parents are in paid
| Great Britain 1981 | |||||
| Employment status of family head | Estimated number of families with | ||||
| One child | Two children | Three children | Four and more children | ||
| (a) and (b) Income relative to supplementary benefit level | |||||
| (i) Below 140 per cent. | Working full-time‡ | [30,000] | 60,000 | [30,000] | [10,000] |
| Not in work | 60,000 | [40,000] | [20,000] | [10,000] | |
| (ii) At 140 per cent.* | Working full-time‡ | nil | nil | nil | nil |
| Not in work | 230,000 | 240,000 | 110,000 | [40,000] | |
| (iii) Within 140 per cent.† | Working full-time‡ | 150,000 | 320,000 | 140,000 | 70,000 |
| Not in work | 50,000 | 70,000 | [40,000] | [20,000] | |
| (c) Total number of families | 2,920,000 | 2,970,000 | 940,000 | 300,000 | |
| All figures are subject to statistical error. Figures shown in square brackets are subject to very considerable proportionate statistical error. | |||||
| * Receiving supplementary benefit. | |||||
| † Excludes those given at (i) and (ii). | |||||
| ‡ Includes those who have been sick or unemployed for less than 13 weeks. | |||||