Select Committee on Social Security Appendices to the Minutes of Evidence

Annex 4

WEEKLY COSTS OF A CHILD AS PERCENTAGES OF TOTAL HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURES AT LCA LEVEL

Alcohol included in the adult budgets

Boy aged 10, girl aged 4 years Local authority tenants October 2000 prices

	Girl aged	Boy aged
	4 years %	10 years %
Childcare needs: part-time work
Two adults	20	15
Lone mother	24	19
Childcare needs: full-time work
Lone mother	32	21
No child care needs: working families
Two adults	11	15
Lone mother	14	18

Family Budget Unit

January 2001

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Prepared 22 March 2001