To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many children in (a) Hartlepool constituency, (b) the Tees Valley sub-regions, (c) the North East region and (d) the UK live in a family in which neither parent works. (130909)

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician who has been asked to reply.

Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 16 April 2007:

As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent parliamentary question asking how many children in (a) Hartlepool constituency, (b) the Tees Valley sub-regions, (c) the North East region and (d) the UK live in a family in which neither parent works. (130909)

The attached table gives the number of children in families where no parent is working. The numbers in the table include children of lone parents who are not in employment as well as children of couples in which neither partner is in employment.

Estimates are taken from the Labour Force Survey (LFS). As with any sample survey, estimates from the LFS are subject to a margin of uncertainty.