Question NW268 to the Minister of Social Development
20 July 2020 - NW268
King, Ms C to ask the Minister of Social Development
What (a) number of children with disabilities between the age of 4 to 18 are grant recipients in each province and (b) are their their disabilities?
Reply:
a) Care dependency grants are paid to the care givers of children who have severe disabilities and therefore require full time care and support. As at May 2020, a total of 157 258 children were benefitting from this grant, of which 148 216 are aged between 4 and 18 years. The spread per province is indicated in the table below:
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NUMBER OF CARE DEPENDENT CHILDREN BY AGE AND REGION AS AT 202005 |
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|
Age |
EC |
FS |
GP |
KZN |
LP |
MP |
NC |
NW |
WC |
Grand Total |
|
0 |
28 |
17 |
52 |
96 |
13 |
18 |
5 |
5 |
59 |
293 |
|
1 |
197 |
96 |
293 |
496 |
171 |
131 |
57 |
103 |
273 |
1817 |
|
2 |
393 |
161 |
491 |
728 |
355 |
215 |
89 |
195 |
468 |
3095 |
|
3 |
569 |
213 |
560 |
875 |
445 |
326 |
135 |
216 |
498 |
3837 |
|
4 |
680 |
277 |
745 |
1136 |
561 |
433 |
193 |
277 |
727 |
5029 |
|
5 |
878 |
361 |
961 |
1500 |
701 |
492 |
236 |
346 |
844 |
6319 |
|
6 |
979 |
385 |
1095 |
1717 |
825 |
566 |
246 |
445 |
946 |
7204 |
|
7 |
1108 |
422 |
1150 |
1945 |
913 |
652 |
302 |
455 |
972 |
7919 |
|
8 |
1253 |
491 |
1289 |
2144 |
978 |
705 |
321 |
532 |
995 |
8708 |
|
9 |
1416 |
579 |
1411 |
2452 |
1025 |
716 |
328 |
606 |
1049 |
9582 |
|
10 |
1540 |
582 |
1447 |
2654 |
1134 |
776 |
377 |
617 |
1093 |
10220 |
|
11 |
1731 |
652 |
1541 |
2944 |
1242 |
918 |
419 |
732 |
1174 |
11353 |
|
12 |
1870 |
706 |
1578 |
3337 |
1349 |
918 |
531 |
768 |
1275 |
12332 |
|
13 |
2124 |
749 |
1642 |
3477 |
1353 |
938 |
500 |
862 |
1258 |
12903 |
|
14 |
2128 |
733 |
1656 |
3732 |
1377 |
1005 |
529 |
889 |
1217 |
13266 |
|
15 |
2270 |
869 |
1656 |
3816 |
1449 |
1063 |
600 |
945 |
1176 |
13844 |
|
16 |
2186 |
773 |
1600 |
3360 |
1247 |
911 |
569 |
966 |
1214 |
12826 |
|
17 |
2165 |
751 |
1597 |
3397 |
1325 |
957 |
532 |
971 |
1215 |
12910 |
|
18 |
611 |
226 |
463 |
1021 |
355 |
309 |
178 |
305 |
333 |
3801 |
|
Grand Total |
24126 |
9043 |
21227 |
40827 |
16818 |
12049 |
6147 |
10235 |
16786 |
157258 |
b) SASSA does not capture the disability on the computerised system (Socpen) and therefore is unable to provide the requested detail. Care dependency grants are provided care givers of children under the age of 18 years who require permanent care and support. The applicants must meet the criteria as set in the Social Assistance Act, 2004, which includes compliance with the means test, and confirmation of the severe, permanent condition of the child as confirmed through a medical assessment, before a care dependency grant is awarded.