For over the Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) period, under this programme, the department had set objectives and measures to increase social assistance. The department aimed to phase in, over the MTEF period, the extension of the Child Support Grant (CSG) to eligible children under the age of 18 years. It also aimed at moving towards aligning the income threshold of the old age grant to the tax payment threshold, through implementing an adjustment to the means test for the old age and disability grants in 2011/12.