According to a recent report a rising number if stay at home mums are returning to work by taking on part time jobs in order to assist in paying off debts. Figures were released by the Office for National Statistics recently, which showed that there had been a drop in the number of full time stay at home mothers, which indicates that more and more mums are taking on jobs in order to help with finances and debt repayment in the home.

The number of full time mums is said to have dropped to 2.07 million, and this is said to be the lowest level since records began back in 1994. Officials believe that part of the reason for many mums returning to work is that many breadwinners, which usually indicates their spouses, have lost work or hours in the last year as a result of the recession, making it difficult for some households to make ends meet financially without further work being taken on.

In a recent survey the main reason that mums gave for returning to work was financial restrictions, with many stating that they had felt that they had to return to work in order to pay debts and in particular to help with mortgage repayments. The survey was carried out by price comparison website uswitch.com, and the results show that more than 50 percent of mums that had returned to work despite having a child under the age of three said that they did so in order to help with debt and mortgage repayments.

One mum who has a child aged just two said: “Whilst I would have loved to have stayed at home for a while longer with my daughter it’s been tough over the past few months because my partner had his hours cut a few months ago. It’s put real pressure on us financially, so there wasn’t really much choice other than for me to go back to work.”