Replies to LegCo questions

LCQ16: CSSA recipients

Following is a question by the Hon Chan Yuen-han and a written reply by the Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food, Dr York Chow, in the Legislative Council today (June 29):

Question :

Will the Government provide a table setting out the following regarding the Comprehensive Social Security Assistance (CSSA) Scheme in each of the past ten years: the respective numbers of male and female recipients, their district of residence, education, age, ethnicity, household size, whether they were public housing tenants, whether they had resided in Hong Kong for seven years or more, whether they had any criminal record, the number of times they had received CSSA payments, the period during which they had received CSSA continuously and the CSSA categories involved?

Reply:

Madam President,

In response to the question raised by Hon CHAN Yuen-han, the following tables are attached at the Annex for reference:

(a) Table 1-Number of CSSA Recipients by Sex, 1995-2004;

(b) Table 2-Number of CSSA Recipients by Geographical District, 2000-2004 (figures on geographical districts are available as from 2000)

(c) Table 3-Number of CSSA Recipients by Educational Attainment, 2001-2004 (figures on educational attainment are available as from 2001)

(d) Table 4-Number of CSSA Recipients by Age, 1995-2004

(e) Table 5-Number of CSSA Recipients Reporting Country of Origin Being Places Other Than China by Country of Origin, 2001-2004 (figures are available as from 2001)

(f) Table 6-Number of CSSA Recipients by Number of Eligible Members, 1995-2004

(g) Table 7-Number of CSSA Recipients by Type of Housing, 1995-2004

(h) Table 8-Number of CSSA Recipients Having Resided in Hong Kong for Less Than 7 Years, 1999-2004 (statistics on CSSA new arrivals have been regularly collected as from 1999)

(i) Table 9-Number of CSSA Recipients by Continuous Duration of Stay on CSSA, 1995-2004

(j) Table 10-Number of CSSA Recipients by Case Category, 1995-2004

As regards information on the criminal records of CSSA recipients and the number of times that recipients have received CSSA payments, the Social Welfare Department does not have relevant statistics.







Ends/Wednesday, June 29, 2005
Issued at HKT 16:09

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