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To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of (a) families with dependent children are headed by (i) married couples, (ii) cohabiting couples and (iii) a lone (A) female and (B) male parent and (b) dependent children live in families which are headed by (1) a married couple, (2)...
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of (a) families with dependent children are headed by (i) married couples, (ii) cohabiting couples and (iii) a lone (A) female and (B) male parent and (b) dependent children live in families which are headed by (1) a married couple, (2)...
Asked by
Edward Leigh
(Conservative)
Answered by
Lord Boateng
(Labour)
Answering body
Treasury
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Written questions
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Answered
Tabled on
31 March 2004
For answer on
19 April 2004
Answered on
19 April 2004
Mr. Leigh: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what percentage of (a) families with dependent children are headed by (i)
married couples, (ii) cohabiting couples and (iii) a lone (A) female and (B) male parent and (b) dependent children live in
families which are headed by (1) a married couple, (2) a cohabiting couple, (3) a parent who has never married, (4) a widowed
parent, (5) a divorced parent and (6) a separated parent. [165864]
Mr. Boateng: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Len Cook to Mr. Edward Leigh, dated 19 April 2004:
As National Statistician and Registrar General for England and Wales I have been asked to reply to your recent question asking what
percentage of (a) families with dependent children are headed by (i) married couples, (ii) cohabiting couples and (iii) a lone (A)
female and (B) male parent and (b) dependent children live in families which are headed by (1) a married couple, (2) a cohabiting
couple, (3) a parent who has never married, (4) a widowed parent, (5) a divorced parent and (6) a separated parent. (165864) Figures
from the 2001 Census indicate that there were 6,376,140 couple or lone parent families in England and Wales. The percentage of those
families which were headed by (i) a married couple, (ii) a cohabiting couple, (iii) a male lone parent or (iv) a female lone parent
are shown in the table below. All information has been taken from table S006 in the Census 2001 National report for England and
Wales., which is available in the House of Commons Library.
Families with dependent children, by family type England and Wales, 2001 Census
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Family type Percentage of families
Married or re-married couple 63.03
Cohabiting couple 11.64
Lone male parent 2.55
Lone female parent 22.78
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Source :
Table S006 Census 2001 National report for England and Wales.
Figures from the 2001 Census indicate that there were 11,539,432 dependent children living in families in England and Wales. The
percentage of those families which were headed by (i) a married couple, (ii) a cohabiting couple, (iii) a lone parent are shown in
the table below. All information has been taken from table T01 in the Census 2001 National report for England and Wales, which is
available in the House of Commons Library.
Dependent children in families, by family type England and Wales, 2001 Census
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Family type Percentage of Children
Married or re-married couple 65.77
Cohabiting couple 11.08
Lone parent 23.15
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Source :
Table T01 Census 2001 National report for England and Wales.
Analysis of the Census figures has been undertaken in the latest edition of Population Trends 115 (pages 65-69). The published
volume is available in the House of Commons Library and also on the National Statistics website at:http://www.statistics.gov.uk/
downloads/themejpopulation/PT115.pdfInformation on how many dependent children live with (1) a parent who has never married, (2) a
widowed parent, (3) a divorced parent or (4) a separated parent is not currently available from the 2001 Census for England and
Wales. However, an analysis, based on results from the General Household Survey for Great Britain in 2000, estimated that, of all
dependent children living in families: 9.1 per cent. were living with a never-married lone mother; 0.7 per cent. with
a widowed lone mother; 7.1 per cent. with a divorced lone mother; and 5.1 per cent. with a separated lone mother.
Corresponding estimates were not made for the proportions of all dependent children living in families who were living in lone
father families, because of small sample numbers. Overall, 2.6 per cent. of all dependent children living in families were
living in lone father families. These estimates are not comparable with those from the 2001 Census, since they relate to a different
time, and cover the whole of Great Britain rather than England and Wales.The full results, published in an article in Population
Trends 109, are available in the House of Commons Library and may also be seen on the National Statistics website at:http://
www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/theme population/PT109.pdf
Subjects
Cohabitation; Families; Divorce; Parents; Lone parents; Separation; Widowed people
Date
19 April 2004
Reference
165864; 420 c378-9W
House
House of Commons