There are 10,206 registered single parents of whom 9,777 are in Malta and the rest in Gozo, Social Policy Minister Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca said in parliament.

She said 8,457 of the single parents are mothers.

The highest number, 636, live in St Paul’s Bay, followed by 602 in Birkirkara.

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