The departments dedicated 41.6 billion euros to social assistance in 2022, representing a year-on-year increase of 3%, driven in particular by social assistance for children and help for the elderly or disabled, according to a study by the Directorate of Research, Studies, Evaluation and Statistics (Drees), published on Wednesday, November 6.
This progression “3% in current euros in one year” it’s there “resulting from contrary effects”Drees specifies in his study. The fall in expenses linked to active solidarity income (RSA) and solidarity income (RSO) “is more than compensated by the increase in social assistance for children and social assistance for disabled or elderly people”duck.
In detail, the average number of RSA and RSO beneficiaries decreased by 4.3% in one year, “due to the improvement in the economic situation after the health crisis” of Covid-19. On the contrary, the average number of assistance to the elderly increased slightly (+0.7%) and the number of social assistance to the disabled increased by 3%. “mainly for that reason” always marked “the average number of beneficiaries of the disability compensation benefit (PCH)”.
The number of child welfare measures (ASE) increases by 1.4% between 2021 and 2022, an increase linked to the increase in the number of children and young people accommodated in them (+ 2.1% compared to 2021). After “deduction of financial aid from the State, for the prevention of loss of autonomy, the APA (personalized assignment of autonomy), the PCH and the RSA”The net social assistance burden of the departments increased in 2022 to 32.5 billion euros, according to Drees.
