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Mr. Rowlands
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what estimate his Department has made of the percentage of lone parents in (a) 1994 and (b)1993 who are (i) divorced or (ii) widowed. [37009]
Mr. Andrew Mitchell
The information is in the table:
| 1984 | 1993 | |
| Single never married | 20 | 37 |
| Divorce/ Separated | 68 | 57 |
| Widowed | 12 | 6 |
Source:DSS data.