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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1, 1978
DRAMATIC DEVELOPMENTS SEEN IN SOCIAL WELFARE
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THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, THE HON. PHILIP HADDON-CAVE SAID TODAY THAT WE SHOULD SEE THE MOST DRAMATIC DEVELOPMENTS IN THE FIELD OF SOCIAL WELFARE IN THE COMING YEAR.
IN HIS BUDGET SPEECH AT THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR. HADDON- CAVE SAID IF THE POLICIES SET OUT IN THE THREE GREEN PAPERS THE SERVICES FOR THE ELDERLY, PERSONAL SOCIAL WORK AMONG YOUTH AND THE SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTĚN AND THE WHITE PAPER ON REHABILITATION SERVICES ARE IMPLEMENTED IN FULL, THE ADDITIONAL RECURRENT EXPENDITURE OVER THE PERIOD 1978-79 TO 1981-82 WOULD EE NEARLY $800 MILLION.
+THIS IS A CONSIDERABLE FIGURE. NEVERTHELESS, THE GOVERNMENT IS PROCEEDING ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT FUNDS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR ALL THESE PLANS, HE SAID.
TURNING TO THE EXPENDITURE ALLOCATED FOR SOCIAL WELFARE SERVICES IN THE COMING FINANCIAL YEAR, MR. HADDON-CAVE SAID IT WOULD BE $535 MILLION, OR 5.2 PER CENT OF TOTAL EXPENDITURE.
+ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE IN 1978-79 ON PUBLIC ASSISTANCE, ON WELFARE ALLOWANCES AND OTHER FORMS OF SOCIAL SECURITIES IS $337 MILLION AND ACCOUNTS FOR NEARLY TWO-THIRDS OF THE PROVISION IN 1978-79 FOR RECURRENT EXPENDITURE ON SOCIAL WELFARE, HE SAID.
THIS REPRESENTS AN INCREASE OF $88 MILLION, OR 35 PER CENT, OVER THE REVISED ESTIMATES FOR 1977-78, MR. HADDON-CAVE ADDED.
+THE PROVISION FOR RECURRENT EXPENDITURE IN 1978-79 ON SOCIAL WELFARE ALSO INCLUDES $100 MILLION FOR SUBVENTIONS TC VOLUNTARY AGENCIES, AN INCREASE OF 41 PER CENT OVER THE REVISED ESTIMATES FOR 1977-78 AND A NEAR DOUBLING OF EXPENDITURE IN THE SHORT SPACE OF TWO YEARS,+ HE SAID.
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