Question NW637 to the Minister of Social Development
20 March 2019 - NW637
Sonti, Ms NP to ask the Minister of Social Development
(a) What number of social grant recipients were added as grant recipients in (i) 2016, (ii) 2017 and (iii) 2018 and (b) to what type of grant was each recipient added?
Reply:
(a) (i) (ii) ( iii) and (b)The number of new grants added, per grant type, per financial year is indicated in the following table:
|
Grant Type |
2015/16 |
2016/17 |
2017/18 |
2018/19 |
|
Care Dependency Grant |
17 159 |
17 453 |
17 528 |
15 692 |
|
Child Support Grant |
907 747 |
838 749 |
866 718 |
818 007 |
|
Disability Grant |
171 935 |
171 886 |
190 361 |
188 793 |
|
Foster Care Grant |
47 863 |
45 778 |
43 749 |
38 055 |
|
Grant-In-Aid |
41 953 |
45 794 |
48 090 |
48 396 |
|
Old Age Grant |
227 360 |
237 384 |
242 908 |
243 069 |
|
War Veterans Grant |
2 |
2 |
|
|
|
|
1 414 019 |
1 357 048 |
1 409 354 |
1 352 012 |
N.B: The above table is based on the number of newly approved social grant applications per financial year. The 2018/19 figures are for the months of April 2018 to February 2019, as the March 2019 figures are not yet available.
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Approved by the Minister on
Date……………………….