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Welfare cases slip 0.3% in November
Find out which cases made the biggest decline.
According to the Social Welfare Department, the overall Comprehensive Social Security Assistance caseload in December stood at 269,239, with 418,768 recipients, down 0.3% on November.
Low earnings cases registered a month-to-month decrease of 1.6% to 10,339, and unemployment cases fell 1% to 23,980 cases.
Single parent and old age cases also dropped, by 0.8% and 0.1% to 30,903 and 153,302 cases.
Permanent disability cases remained at 18,384 cases. Ill-health cases registered a slight increase of 0.2% to 25,319 cases.
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