(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……………………….