"Figure 3: The number of lone parent fathers has grown at a faster rate than lone parent mothers between 1999 and 2019","" "Number of lone parent families by sex, UK, 1999 to 2019","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","Millions" "","" "","Lone parent family","Lone mother family","Lone father family" "1999","2.49","2.16","0.33" "2000","2.43","2.11","0.32" "2001","2.51","2.16","0.35" "2002","2.55","2.21","0.34" "2003","2.60","2.25","0.35" "2004","2.69","2.32","0.37" "2005","2.70","2.35","0.35" "2006","2.69","2.35","0.35" "2007","2.69","2.34","0.35" "2008","2.76","2.41","0.35" "2009","2.89","2.51","0.38" "2010","2.94","2.56","0.38" "2011","2.91","2.57","0.34" "2012","3.04","2.63","0.40" "2013","3.00","2.59","0.41" "2014","3.01","2.61","0.39" "2015","3.03","2.59","0.44" "2016","2.90","2.49","0.40" "2017","2.82","2.43","0.39" "2018","2.86","2.47","0.39" "2019","2.85","2.45","0.40"