New from Office for National Statistics (ONS) Lone parent employment rate 69.0%, highest for time of year since records started 1996. ons.gov.uk/employmentandl…

Office for National Statistics (ONS) But, number of employed lone parents (1.212 million) 4% down from peak in 2015. Reason is fall in number of lone parent households. Number of lone parent households with dependent children fell 13% since peak in 2012.

Office for National Statistics (ONS) Also in the household employment status release ons.gov.uk/employmentandl… is info on housing tenure. Communities that Work . 27.1% of households in social housing are workless, close to the lowest level. 72.9% are employed households (working age)

Office for National Statistics (ONS) Communities that Work In social housing, 34.8% of households are 'working households' - all adults working. This is almost at the highest ever (35.0%, two years ago).