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One-Parent Families

Volume 170: debated on Monday 2 April 1990

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21.

Mr. Barry Field

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what is the latest figure for the number of lone-parent families in receipt of income support; and how many such families were receiving supplementary benefit five years ago.

Mrs. Gillian Shephard

The latest date for which information is available is May 1988 when there were 722,000 lone-parent families in receipt of income support. In 1983 the number of lone parents receiving supplementary benefit was 471,000.

Notes:

  • 1. Source—Annual Statistical Enquiries for 1983 and 1988.
  • 2. The figures do not include prisoners' partners.