Question NW845 to the Minister of Social Development
11 June 2020 - NW845
Waters, Mr M to ask the Minister of Social Development
(1) What number of nonprofit organisations (NPOs) that dealt with (a) children, (b) the elderly, (c) domestic violence and (d) substance abuse were registered in each of the past three financial years; (2) what number of the specified NPOs closed down for each category in each specified financial year?
Reply:
- The following are categories of registrations:
|
Area of service |
Theme |
2017-18 |
2018-19 |
2019-20 |
|
Family services |
Including Substance Abuse, family life/parent education, family violence shelters |
1107 |
1131 |
1271 |
|
Victim Support |
Victim violence shelters and services |
679 |
699 |
770 |
|
Services to Children |
49482 |
50538 |
53761 |
|
|
Adoption Services |
14 |
18 |
20 |
|
|
Child Protection |
314 |
308 |
331 |
|
|
Child welfare, child services, day care |
36927 |
35870 |
37536 |
|
|
Children’s Homes |
863 |
816 |
860 |
|
|
Community –Based Care Services for Children |
1813 |
1885 |
2128 |
|
|
ECD and Partial Care Centres |
7818 |
9700 |
10870 |
|
|
Homes for Children with Special Needs |
286 |
320 |
333 |
|
|
Schools of Industry/ Reform Schools |
480 |
412 |
413 |
|
|
Secure Care |
97 |
129 |
151 |
|
|
Temporary Safe Care/ Place of Safety |
870 |
1080 |
1119 |
|
|
Services to people with disabilities |
Homes, recreation and other specialized services for people with disabilities |
3423 |
3626 |
4162 |
|
Services to the elderly |
Elderly care; recreation, meal programs and other services geared towards senior citizens |
6941 |
7146 |
7360 |
2. The NPO Database captures those NPOs that opt to wind up and those that opt to Voluntary Deregister. Below is a total number:
|
Area of service |
Dissolved (wound up) in terms of section 23(2) |
Voluntary Deregistered: according to section 23(1) |
|
Family services |
4 |
1 |
|
Victim Support |
0 |
4 |
|
Services to Children |
3 |
46 |
|
Services to people with disabilities |
3 |
7 |
|
Services to the elderly |
1 |
12 |
|
Totals |
11 |
70 |