Comprehensive Social Security Assistance
Post-1997 Handover

Comprehensive Social Security Assistance

Section Title: Post-1997 Handover
Table Section Text: None

Statistics on Comprehensive Social Security Assistance Scheme, 1997/8 -2014/15

Year	CSSA expenditure ($ billion)	Government Budget of the GDP	CSSA expenditure as % of government expenditure	Year	Number of CSSA Recipients	Number of CSSA Cases

1997-98	9.4	6.3	1997	282,623	186,932

1998-99	13.0	7.9	1998	368,623	227,454

1999-2000	13.6	+0.8	7.8	1999	376,507	230,681

2000-02	13.6	0.6	7.3	2000	365,185	228,060

2001-02	14.4	.4.8	7.4	2001	397,468	241,673

2002-03	16.1	4.8	8.1	2002	466,868	266,571

2003-04	17.3	3.2	8.8	2003	522.456	290,206

2004-05	17.6	+1.6	9.2	2004	542,017	295,694

2005-06	17.8	+1.0	9.5	2005	538,963	298,011

2006-07	17.6	+7.3	9.3	2006	521,611	295,333

2007-08	18.0	+0.1	9.0	2007	496,922	288,145

2008-09	18.6	+1.5	8.7	2008	475,625	284,569

2009-10	19.0	+4.1	8.6	2009	482,001	289,139

2010-11	18.5	+3.8	8.3	2010	466,006	283,176

2011-12	19.5	+3.1	8.0	2011	443,322	276,710

2012-13	18.7	+1.0	7.1	2012	418,768	269,239

2013-14	18.4	+3.2	6.5	2013	394,907	260,774

2014-15	19.5	+0.6	6.4	2014	381,307	253,054

Sentence(s)

CSSA budget was impacted from 1999 to 2002 as the number of CSSA recipients increased from 376,507 people to 466,868 people and CSSA expenditure as the percentage of government expenditure increased from 7.8% to 8.1%.

final_sentence: CSSA budget was impacted from 1999 to 2002 as the number of CSSA recipients increased from 376,507 people to 466,868 people and CSSA expenditure as the percentage of government expenditure increased from 7.8% to 8.1%.