78/79 79/80 80/81 81/82 82/83 83/84 84/85 85/86 86/87 $m $m $m $m $m $m $m $m $m)
Services for the Elderly
Hostel Accommodation
Community Services
Institutional Services
Sub-total
1.01
0.07
1.73 3.56 4.68 5.46 6.58 7.70 8.82 9.94
0.94 5.34 9.08 12.47 16.36 20.25 23.32 24.39 26.50
2.29 6.74 11.46 13.77 15.98 18.18 19.33 20.64
9.36 19.38 28.61 35.59 42.81 49.20 52.54 57.08
Personal Social Work
among Young People
School Social Work
0.7
9.1
Outreaching Social Work
0.8
4.3
13.7 15.1 15.2 15.2 15.2 15.2 15.2
5.4 6.4 7.5 8.4 9.3
10.2 11.1
Family Life Education
0.7
3.0
3.5 3.9 4.2 4.5 4.8
5.2 5.5
Sub-total
2.2
16.4 22.6 25.4 26.9 28.1 29.3 30.6 31.8
TOTAL
86.81 163.06 197.98 219.71 240.19 260.01 277.70 291.14 303.98
6.4
Total recurrent expenditure in social security payments is expected to increase from $374 million in the current year to $617 million by 1986/87.
6.5
The number of Public Assistance cases at the end of March 1978 was 48,157. The total number of people who benefit is considerably more because 30% of the total caseload are family cases. Excluding singletons, the average family on Public Assistance has 4.34 eligible members. Thus at the end of March 1978, the total number covered by the scheme was 96,400. It is estimated that by 1986/87, some 108,400 people will benefit from this scheme.
6.6
The increase in the numbers receiving Special Needs Allowance will be much greater than the increase of Public Assistance cases. At the end of March 1978, the number of Disability Allowance cases was 18,026 and of Old Age Allowance cases was 63,110. The effect of the proposals in the White Paper will be to increase the number of disability cases by 4,200 (including an estimated 3,750 profoundly deaf cases) and of Old Age Allowance cases by 65,000 at the end of 1978/79. It is estimated that by 1986/87, 40,000 people will benefit from the Disability Allowance and 203,500 from the Old Age Allowance (representing about 80% of the total population aged 70 and above).
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