Recipients of Weekly Social Welfare Payments by Programme (Number)
| Programme | 1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Old Age | 261,281 |
267,760 |
276,065 |
287,395 |
298,169 |
303,653 |
311,170 |
| Widow, Widowers and One Parent Families | 203,091 |
206,130 |
209,011 |
211,385 |
211,774 |
212,952 |
215,676 |
| Child Related | 7,640 |
8,067 |
12,134 |
12,696 |
12,186 |
11,974 |
12,074 |
| Illness, Disability and Caring | 172,104 |
181,569 |
193,536 |
206,137 |
216,292 |
227,347 |
241,657 |
| Unemployment Supports | 149,705 |
116,069 |
126,447 |
137,982 |
145,339 |
131,539 |
128,111 |
| Employment Supports | 65,120 |
64,833 |
56,582 |
50,920 |
44,113 |
40,136 |
39,589 |
| Supplementary Welfare Allowance | 21,269 |
25,094 |
29,167 |
32,073 |
31,217 |
29,748 |
28,066 |
| Miscellaneous | 548 |
472 |
433 |
383 |
342 |
303 |
270 |
| Total Recipients | 880,758 |
869,994 |
903,375 |
938,971 |
959,432 |
957,732 |
976,613 |
Source: Department of Social and Family Affairs |
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