Ms Louise Bayliss:

It is about the provision of services, not just public services but private services. The number of lone parents who say they would love to go to the cinema, for example, who are obviously deeper in poverty, but the family tickets are for two adults and a child or two adults and two children. There is not the same accommodation for lone parents and their children. Those very practical steps are underneath the surface but people feel them on a daily basis. If a lone parent wants to take his or her child away on a holiday, the packages are for two adults. It is that lack of consideration for lone parents that they feel on a daily basis.

If there was a more narrow focus on what a family status is, and ensuring lone parents and their children were considered, it would make a real practical difference on a daily basis.