[holding answer 29 February 2008]: The available information is in the following table.
Number of working age workless households by type. Great Britain: Quarter 2 (April, May, June) 1997Number (thousand)Two parent household with dependent children371Lone/single parent household with dependent children756Other household with dependent children18Total number of workless households with dependent children1,145 Notes:1. Figures are rounded to the nearest thousand. Totals may not sum due to rounding.2. The figures show the number of working-age households with dependent children where no adult works.3. A working-age household is a household that includes at least one person of working age (a woman aged between 16 and 59 or a man aged between 16 and 64).4. Workless individuals are those who are either International Labour Organisation unemployed or economically inactive (that is, not in employment).5. A dependent child is defined as a child aged under 16 or aged under 19 and in full-time education.Source:ONS Labour Force Survey