To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what his latest estimate is of the number of lone parents with children under 16 years old in (a) Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency, (b) the London Borough of Bexley and (c) London. (216226)

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.

Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 7 July 2008:

As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your recent question asking what the latest estimate is of the number of lone parents with children under 16 years old in (a) Bexleyheath and Crayford, (b) the London Borough of Bexley and (c) London. (216226)

The number of lone parent families in the UK with children under 16 can be estimated using the Labour Force Survey (LFS). The table below shows 2007 estimates for the London Borough of Bexley and London. Estimates cannot be provided for the Parliamentary Constituency of Bexleyheath and Crayford because the number of lone parents sampled in this area was too small.