There are fewer people to benefit from social support in Portugal. The believe the latest official statistics, our state is becoming less social: in July, the same month of 2013, the number of beneficiaries of the Social Insertion Income (RSI) decreased again as the number of subjects who receive solidarity supplement and the universe of children who are entitled to family allowance, reveal the most recent statistics from the Social Security Institute (ISS).
In the Social Insertion Income was reached a new low in July, when there were fewer 45 349 people to receive this provision of support for the same month of 2013, official data indicate published on the ISS website. Last month, 217,410 people enjoyed this benefit, a higher decrease to 17% from the same month. It is in the districts of Porto (59 670), Lisbon (37,777) and the Azores (18.330) that focuses most RSI beneficiaries.
The latest official statistics show, similarly, that are shrinking families who are entitled to this social benefit, and 93 348 were in July, a decline of almost 15% over July 2013 . Also the districts of Porto (25,888) and Lisbon (16,271) that focuses most households entitled to RSI. The average value per household was then to 214.82 euros and 90.67 euros per beneficiary.
In Solidarity Supplement for the Elderly (CSI), we see the same trend. The number of older people receiving this benefit declined further in July: there are now 172 570, 209 less than in June and 52,620 fewer than in July 2013 (which corresponds to an annual break to 23%).
For districts, the majority of elderly beneficiaries reside in Porto and Lisbon, Setúbal followed. They are entitled to that benefit people aged less than 66 years with less than the poverty threshold (409 euros per month) income.
Child benefit is also decreasing, although the break is much less significant. In July, there were 1,177,992 children receiving child benefit, a slightly higher than June, but lower than the July 2013 number (almost 40 000 fewer children, which corresponds to a decrease of more than 3%).
districts, is in Lisbon who lives most of the children who benefit from this provision (234 904), but the difference is not large in relation to the Port (226 940). Braga appears third in the list (110 083). The amount of family allowance to be allocated is calculated based on the age of the child or young person, the household composition and income level of the household reference.
Earlier this month, commenting on the descent of the Solidarity Supplement for the Elderly, president of the National Confederation of Pensioners, Pensioners and Seniors, Casimiro Menezes, stressed that “the institutions that deal with poverty are more and more needs.” “How can it be that diminish the support to the most needy?” Asked.
The Ministry of Solidarity, Employment and Social Security countered in a written response sent to the PUBLIC, the drop in the number of beneficiaries may be justified by the increase of minimum pensions.
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