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Thousand
South-east South-west Wales Scotland Northern Ireland Total

Lone fathers

1997

19

10

7

10

3

146

1998

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

1999

18

14

6

12

5

157

2000

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

2001

17

13

11

18

4

164

2002

13

14

8

15

3

164

2003

20

15

8

13

6

171

2004

22

17

8

14

2

170

2005

22

15

10

13

4

164

2006

24

11

12

12

4

156

2007

19

13

8

18

3

156

Lone mothers

1997

152

90

81

132

45

1,452

1998

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

1999

154

103

96

147

47

1,579

2000

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

2001

168

104

90

150

49

1,586

2002

180

104

87

142

53

1,646

2003

178

101

82

148

54

1,633

2004

171

108

98

159

60

1,678

2005

170

114

80

164

56

1,691

2006

176

107

96

153

48

1,673

2007

185

113

92

141

48

1,692

All lone parents

1997

171

101

88

142

47

1,598

1998

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

1999

171

117

102

160

53

1,736

2000

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

2001

184

117

101

168

53

1,750

2002

193

119

94

157

56

1,809

2003

198

116

90

161

60

1,804

2004

194

125

106

174

62

1,848

2005

192

129

90

176

60

1,856

2006

200

118

108

164

52

1,829

2007

204

126

100

159

51

1,848

n/a = comparable estimates for 1998 and 2000 are not currently available
(1) Men aged 16 to 64 and women aged 16 to 59
(2) Dependent children are those aged under 16 and those aged or 16-18 who are never-married and in full-time education
Notes:
1. As with any sample survey, estimates from the Labour Force Survey are subject to a margin or uncertainty.
2. Estimates are weighted to the population estimates published by ONS in February and March 2003.
Source:
LFS Household datasets

National Insurance Fund

Paul Flynn: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what percentage increase in the basic state pension could be paid in the years from 2009-10 to 2012-13 by using the national insurance fund's excess of receipts over payments projected by the acting Government Actuary for that period. [185406]

Mr. Mike O'Brien: I have been asked to reply.

The NIF is not just for state pension expenditure but for other contributory benefits such as incapacity benefit and contribution-based jobseeker’s allowance.

National insurance contributions and associated social security benefits operate within the Government’s fiscal rules designed to ensure sound public finances and when there is a surplus it is invested in public services. Any surplus of NICs over social security benefits in any one year (the NIF surplus) is not therefore an extra resource available to spend.

The NIF is maintained under the control and management of Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs.

Quality of Life

Jo Swinson: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what definition of quality of life he uses. [187626]


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Jane Kennedy: Productivity and employment are the key determinants of growth and therefore of living standards. However, a large volume are of other data also important indicators for a broader measure of quality of life, such as those on crime, working hours, social capital, social demography and health.


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