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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list, for each of the last three years, recipients of funds provided by his Department for research into the family, indicating the amount paid to each recipient. - Includes figures.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list, for each of the last three years, recipients of funds provided by his Department for research into the family, indicating the amount paid to each recipient. - Includes figures.
Asked by
Gerald Howarth
(Conservative)
Answered by
Jack Straw
(Labour)
Answering body
Home Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
25 April 2000
For answer on
8 May 2000
Answered on
8 May 2000
Mr. Gerald Howarth: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list, for each of the last three years,
recipients of funds provided by his Department for research into the family, indicating the amount paid to each recipient.
[120657]
Mr. Straw: In the two years prior to 1999, the Home Office provided no funding for research into the family. Since April 1999, my
Department has provided funds for voluntary organisations under the Family Support Grant. In 1999-2000, over 30 voluntary
organisations shared £1 million to develop support for parents and families.
The purpose of these grants is to develop and disseminate good practice in family support. They are not, in the majority of cases,
made to directly fund research. However, several of the projects which were funded last year contained an information gathering and
analysis component:
The National Family and Parenting Institute was awarded a total Government grant of £636,000 in 1999- 2000. The Home Office provided
£200,000 of the total funding, of which £38,800 was spent on research.
The Family Policy Studies Centre received £43,213 to improve the delivery of their information products and services to existing
users in the family support field, and to extend access to new users. It received a further £3,000 in March 2000 to contribute to
the costs of an analysis of data from the Fourth National Study of Ethnic Minorities. The Race Equality Unit is a national
organisation which helps to develop better social care services for black and minority ethnic communities. It received funding of
£46,483 to develop a parenting programme and materials for ethnic minority parents, which included research.
Gingerbread, a national organisation offering support to lone parents, received £10,000 to conduct research into the needs of lone
fathers for practical, emotional and social support.
The National Youth Agency (NYA) and Youthnet were both awarded funds to facilitate the `Listen Up' dialogue between Government and
young people, in order that young people's views inform future policy and service delivery for young people. The organisations spent
£26,305 on the research element of this project.
The marriage charity One Plus One received joint funding from the Home Office and the Lord Chancellor's Department to develop a
marriage information booklet for couples planning to marry. This included £8,658.50 of Home Office funding spent on research.
Subjects
Finance; Families; Grants; Ethnic groups; Home Office; Marriage; Lone parents; Young people; Research
Date
8 May 2000
Reference
349 c299-300W;349 c298-9W; 120657
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many adolescent murderers in (a) 1980 and (b) 1999 grew up living apart from at least one parent; and what percentage of adolescent murderers this represented. - Includes figures and fact that information requested is not available centrally.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many adolescent murderers in (a) 1980 and (b) 1999 grew up living apart from at least one parent; and what percentage of adolescent murderers this represented. - Includes figures and fact that information requested is not available centrally.
Asked by
Gerald Howarth
(Conservative)
Answered by
Charles Clarke
(Labour)
Answering body
Home Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
25 April 2000
For answer on
8 May 2000
Answered on
8 May 2000
Mr. Gerald Howarth: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many adolescent murderers in (a) 1980 and (b) 1999
grew up living apart from at least one parent; and what percentage of adolescent murderers this represented. [120669]
Mr. Charles Clarke: The information requested is not available centrally.
There were, however, 84 persons aged between 10 and 20 convicted of homicide in England and Wales in 1980 (including 40 convicted of
murder) and 70 in 1998, the latest year for which figures are available (including 31 convicted of murder).
Subjects
Families; Homicide; Lone parents; Young offenders
Date
8 May 2000
Reference
349 c298-9W;349 c298W; 120669
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many single parent households which were headed by a divorced woman were in receipt of social security benefits, excluding child benefit or its equivalent, in (a) 1970, (b) 1980 and (c) 1999; and what was the cost of such benefits...
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many single parent households which were headed by a divorced woman were in receipt of social security benefits, excluding child benefit or its equivalent, in (a) 1970, (b) 1980 and (c) 1999; and what was the cost of such benefits...
Asked by
Gerald Howarth
(Conservative)
Answered by
Angela Eagle
(Labour)
Answering body
Department of Social Security
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
29 March 2000
For answer on
11 April 2000
Answered on
11 April 2000
Mr. Gerald Howarth: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many single parent households which were headed by a
divorced woman were in receipt of social security benefits, excluding child benefit or its equivalent, in (a) 1970, (b) 1980 and (c)
1999; and what was the cost of such benefits in each of these years. [117533]
Angela Eagle: The information is not available in the format requested as, generally, statistics on the receipt of Social Security
benefits can only be broken down into lone and couple claimants. Divorced claimants are not separately identified.
Such information as is available is as follows. In 1980, of 316,000 lone parents claiming Supplementary Benefit, 109,000 were
recorded as being female divorced claimants with dependants. In May 1994, 161,000 female lone parents were divorced (17 per cent. of
all female lone parents). Since May 1994 divorced claimants have not been separately identified in Income Support statistics.
Sources:
1. 1994: Income Support Quarterly Statistical Enquiry, May 1994.
2. 1980: Supplementary Benefit Annual Statistical Enquiry.
3. Caseloads have been rounded to the nearest 1,000.
Subjects
Income support; Divorce; Recipients; Lone parents; Social security benefits
Date
11 April 2000
Reference
348 c141W; 117533
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what proportion of households headed by a single mother are currently in receipt of (a) housing benefit, (b) other social security benefits, excluding child benefit, (c) income support, (d) social security loans and (e) free school meals. - Table given.
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what proportion of households headed by a single mother are currently in receipt of (a) housing benefit, (b) other social security benefits, excluding child benefit, (c) income support, (d) social security loans and (e) free school meals. - Table given.
Asked by
Gerald Howarth
(Conservative)
Answered by
Angela Eagle
(Labour)
Answering body
Department of Social Security
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
29 March 2000
For answer on
11 April 2000
Answered on
11 April 2000
Mr. Gerald Howarth: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what proportion of households headed by a single mother are
currently in receipt of (a) housing benefit, (b) other social security benefits, excluding child benefit, (c) income support, (d)
social security loans and (e) free school meals. [117531]
Angela Eagle: The information is in the table.
Percentage
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
Proportion of all lone mothers in receipt
Housing Benefit 59
Other Social Security Benefits 28
Income Support 60
Social Fund Loans 24
Free School Meals {1}--
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
{1} Information for free school meals is not available by family type. Notes: 1. Estimates of the numbers on benefit are based on 1
per cent. and 5 per cent. scans of benefit computer systems. These scans select 1 per cent. or 5 per cent. of the relevant cases and
so are subject to some degree of sampling error. 2. The proportions have been calculated using departmental forecasts of the number
of lone parents. Figures have been rounded to the nearest percentage point. 3. Some lone parents will be in receipt of other
benefits such as Incapacity Benefit, Severe Disability Allowance or Industrial Injuries Benefit. We have not included them in this
table, as we cannot separately identify lone parents on the computer systems for these benefits. Other benefits is defined to
include Jobseeker's Allowance (Income Based) (JSA(IB)), Widowed Mothers Allowance and Family Credit (FC). 4. Figures for FC only go
up to September 1999. From October 1999, FC was replaced by Working Families Tax Credit. 5. The figures for the Social Fund exclude
people with an outstanding loan, which they are not currently repaying. Sources: 1. Income Support: Income Support Quarterly
Statistical Enquiry, November 1999. 2. JSA (IB): Jobseeker's Allowance Quarterly Statistical Enquiry, November 1999. 3. Family
Credit: Family Credit Quarterly Statistical Enquiry, August 1999 Widowed Mothers Allowance: 5 per cent. sample of Pension Strategy
Computer System, March 1999. 4. Housing Benefit: Housing Benefit Management Information System, annual 1 per cent. sample inquiry,
taken as at the second Thursday of May 1998.
Subjects
Housing benefit; Income support; Free school meals; Lone parents; Mothers; Social security benefits; Social Fund
Date
11 April 2000
Reference
348 c139-41W; 117531
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many single parents in (a) 1970, (b) 1980 and (c) 1999 were in receipt of social security benefits, excluding child benefit or its equivalent; and what was (i) the cost of such benefits and (ii) the proportion of the total...
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many single parents in (a) 1970, (b) 1980 and (c) 1999 were in receipt of social security benefits, excluding child benefit or its equivalent; and what was (i) the cost of such benefits and (ii) the proportion of the total...
Asked by
Gerald Howarth
(Conservative)
Answered by
Angela Eagle
(Labour)
Answering body
Department of Social Security
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
29 March 2000
For answer on
11 April 2000
Answered on
11 April 2000
Mr. Gerald Howarth: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many single parents in (a) 1970, (b) 1980 and (c) 1999
were in receipt of social security benefits, excluding child benefit or its equivalent; and what was (i) the cost of such benefits
and (ii) the proportion of the total social security budget which they constituted in each of these years. [117534]
Angela Eagle: The information is in the table.
Number of claimants
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
1970 1980 1999
Benefit:
Income Support (Supplementary 191,000 316,000 {1}1,030,000
Benefit in 1970 and 1980)
Jobseeker's Allowance (Income n/a n/a 14,000
based)
Housing Benefit{2} n/a n/a 1,016,000
Family Credit (Family Income 15,000 52,000 {3}405,000
Supplement in 1971 and 1980)
Widowed Mothers Allowance{4} 100,000 79,000 47,000
Annual cost {5} (£ billion) 1.1 £1.4 9.1
Proportion of DSS budget 3 3 9
(percentage)
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
{1} This is the number of "single Income Support claimants with dependants". Therefore this figure includes some who are claiming
Income Support (IS) due to disability or being over pension age as well as those claiming IS due to being a lone parent. {2} Figures
for Housing Benefit are for 1998. The current Housing Benefit scheme was introduced in 1988. Prior to 1988 figures were not
collected separately for lone parents and so they have not been included in the table. {3} Figures for Family Income Supplement are
for 1971 and 1980. Figures for Family Credit (FC) only go up to September 1999. From October 1999, FC was replaced by Working
Families Tax Credit. {4} Figures for Widowed Mothers Allowance (WMA) are for December 1971, November 1981 and March 1999. {5} The
expenditure figures are given in real 1999-2000 prices. They are based on 1970-71, 1980-81 and 1999-2000 with the following
exceptions: WMA is based on 1971-72 and 1981-82. FIS is based on 1981-82 and FC refers to 1998-99 (ie the last full year of FC).
Therefore the proportion of expenditure for 1970-71, 1980-81 and 1999-2000 are approximate figures. Notes: 1. Estimates of the
numbers on benefit are based on 1 per cent. and 5 per cent. scans of benefit computer systems. These scans select 1 per cent. or 5
per cent. of the relevant cases and so are subject to some degree of sampling error. 2. Figures have been rounded to the nearest
thousand. 3. Some lone parents will be in receipt of other benefits such as IB, SDA or Industrial Injuries Benefit. We have not
included them in this table, as we cannot separately identify lone parents on the computer systems for these benefits. 4. Figures
cannot be added together as some cases will be in receipt of more than one of these benefits. Sources: 1. Income Support: Income
Support Quarterly Statistical Enquiry, November 1999. 2. Supplementary Benefit: Supplementary Benefit Annual Statistical Enquiries.
3. JSA (IB): Jobseeker's Allowance Quarterly Statistical Enquiry, November 1999. 4. Family Credit: Family Credit Quarterly
Statistical Enquiry, August 1999. 5. Widowed Mothers Allowance: 5 per cent. sample of Pension Strategy Computer System, March 1999.
6. Housing Benefit: Housing Benefit Management Information System, annual 1 per cent. sample inquiry, taken as at the second
Thursday of May 1998.
Subjects
Costs; Bereavement benefits; Housing benefit; Jobseeker's allowance; Income support; Family credit; Recipients; Lone parents; Social security benefits; Widowed people
Date
11 April 2000
Reference
348 c140W; 117534
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many adults living in poverty are (a) unmarried mothers and (b) divorced women. - Inc figure and table.
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many adults living in poverty are (a) unmarried mothers and (b) divorced women. - Inc figure and table.
Asked by
Gerald Howarth
(Conservative)
Answered by
Hugh Bayley
(Labour)
Answering body
Department of Social Security
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
29 March 2000
For answer on
10 April 2000
Answered on
10 April 2000
Mr. Gerald Howarth: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many adults living in poverty are (a) unmarried mothers
and (b) divorced women. [117569]
Mr. Bayley: Poverty is a multi-dimensional problem which cannot be defined solely on the basis of a particular level of income. One
indicator which may be used, however, is whether the income of the household is below 60 per cent. of median. The following table
provides this information for unmarried and divorced women.
Number of unmarried mothers and divorced women living in households below 60 per cent. of median income, 1997-98
Million
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
Before housing costs After housing costs
Unmarried mothers 0.3 0.5
Divorced women with children 0.2 0.3
Divorced women without children 0.1 0.2
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
Notes: 1. All estimates are subject to sampling error or response biases. 2. Estimates of household income are presented both before
and after housing costs in line with HBAI conventions. Source: Households Below Average Income (HBAI). Figures are drawn from the
Family Resources Survey.
We are determined to tackle poverty and its causes. Work is the best route out of poverty. That is why we have introduced Welfare to
Work programmes such as the ONE pilots and New Deals to advise all groups of working age people, including unmarried mothers and
divorced women, about the options available to them and to help them into work. And through the introduction of the National Minimum
Wage and tax and benefit reforms we are making sure that work pays. These programmes are working, producing results. For example, up
to December 1999, 103,000 lone parents had volunteered to participate in the New Deal for Lone Parents and 35,000 had found work.
Subjects
Disadvantaged; Women; Divorce; Personal income; Low incomes; Poverty; Lone parents
Date
10 April 2000
Reference
348 c24W; 117569
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many single mothers with dependent children are making pension contributions through (a) national insurance, (b) SERPS and (c) private pension schemes; how many are making no such contributions; and if he will estimate his Department's unfunded liability, assuming present levels...
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many single mothers with dependent children are making pension contributions through (a) national insurance, (b) SERPS and (c) private pension schemes; how many are making no such contributions; and if he will estimate his Department's unfunded liability, assuming present levels...
Asked by
Gerald Howarth
(Conservative)
Answered by
Lord Rooker
(Labour)
Answering body
Department of Social Security
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
29 March 2000
For answer on
6 April 2000
Answered on
6 April 2000
Mr. Gerald Howarth: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many single mothers with dependent children are making
pension contributions through (a) National Insurance, (b) SERPS and (c) private pension schemes; how many are making no such
contributions; and if he will estimate his Department's unfunded liability, assuming present levels of pension payments, in (i)
2020, (ii) 2040 and (iii) 2060. [117530]
Mr. Rooker: There are 2.2 million single mothers with dependent children making pension contributions through National Insurance. Of
these 1.3 million (60 per cent. of those paying National Insurance) have private pension cover, while 0.9 million (the remaining 40
per cent. of those paying National Insurance) are contributing to SERPS. Around three million single mothers were making no pension
contributions.
Notes:
1. The figures have been rounded to the nearest hundred thousand.
2. The percentages have been rounded to the nearest whole percent.
3. The analysis is restricted to working age employees.
4. The figures are based on the FRS which is a self-reporting survey. This may lead to an element of inaccuracy as people are not
always clear about their pension arrangements.
Source:
Family Resources Survey 1997-98. The estimated expenditure on National Insurance benefits for pensioners under current legislation
is £51.7 billion in 2020-21, £64.8 billion in 2040-41 and £65.8 billion in 2060-61, in 1999- 2000 price terms.
Notes:
1. The figures on pension payments refer to payments to all pensioners, not to single mothers only.
2. These figures refer to the expected expenditure on National Insurance benefits for pensioners in the specified years.
3. The estimates allow for the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 and exclude HRP in SERPS, but do not allow for any effects of
S2P or Stakeholder Pensions.
4. Income related benefit expenditure on pensioners is not included in the estimates.
Source:
The Report by the Government Actuary on the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Bill, 1999.
Subjects
Contributions; Pensions; Personal pensions; National insurance contributions; Lone parents; Mothers; State earnings related pension scheme
Date
6 April 2000
Reference
347 c530W; 117530
House
House of Commons
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) single parent and (b) single mother households there were in (i) 1970, (ii) 1980 and (iii) 1999. - Inc text of letter from John Pullinger of the Office for National Statistics and table.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) single parent and (b) single mother households there were in (i) 1970, (ii) 1980 and (iii) 1999. - Inc text of letter from John Pullinger of the Office for National Statistics and table.
Asked by
Gerald Howarth
(Conservative)
Answered by
Melanie Johnson
(Labour)
Answering body
Treasury
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
29 March 2000
For answer on
5 April 2000
Answered on
5 April 2000
Mr. Gerald Howarth: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many (a) single parent and (b) single mother households there were in
(i) 1970, (ii) 1980 and (iii) 1999. [117546]
Miss Melanie Johnson: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the Director of the Office for National
Statistics. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from John Pullinger to Mr. Gerald Howarth, dated 5 April 2000:
The Director of the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has been asked to reply to your recent question on how many (a) single
parents and (b) single mother households there were in 1970, 1980 and 1999. I am replying in the Director's absence.
The estimated numbers of lone parents in Great Britain were (in thousands):
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
1971 1981 1999
Lone parents 570 900 1,700
Lone mothers 500 800 1,500
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
Subjects
Households; Lone parents
Date
5 April 2000
Reference
347 c498W; 117546
House
House of Commons
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many single mothers with dependent children in (a) 1970, (b) 1980 and (c) 1999 were (i) widows and (ii) divorcees. - Inc text of letter from John Pullinger of the Office for National Statistics and table.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many single mothers with dependent children in (a) 1970, (b) 1980 and (c) 1999 were (i) widows and (ii) divorcees. - Inc text of letter from John Pullinger of the Office for National Statistics and table.
Asked by
Gerald Howarth
(Conservative)
Answered by
Melanie Johnson
(Labour)
Answering body
Treasury
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
29 March 2000
For answer on
5 April 2000
Answered on
5 April 2000
Mr. Gerald Howarth: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many single mothers with dependent children in (a) 1970, (b) 1980 and
(c) 1999 were (i) widows and (ii) divorcees. [117537]
Miss Melanie Johnson: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the Director of the Office for National
Statistics. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from John Pullinger to Mr. Gerald Howarth, dated 5 April 2000:
The Director of the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has been asked to reply to your recent question on how many single mothers
with dependant children were (i) widows and (ii) divorcees in (a) 1970, (b) 1980 and (c) 1999. I am replying in the Director's
absence.
The estimated numbers of lone mothers in Great Britain were (in thousands):
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
1971 1981 1999
Divorced lone mothers 120 320 460
Widowed lone mothers 120 120 60
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
Subjects
Children; Divorce; Lone parents; Widowed people
Date
5 April 2000
Reference
347 c498W; 117537
House
House of Commons