For two successive financial years, the social assistance programme has shown growth, with total uptake increasing by 1.7 % between 2017/18 and 2018/19. The Older Persons Grant grew by 3.8% while the Child Support Grant grew by 1.5%. At the same time, there was an increase in the number of adult bene?ciaries in need of regular care and support in the form of Grant- ln-Aid, which grew by 15.5%.