Year 2015 - 2016
Year 2014 - 2015
Year 2013 - 2014
Year 2012 - 2013


Papers

Comprehensive Social Security Assistance (CSSA) Issues

Year 2015 - 2016



LC Paper No.PaperMeeting date
CB(2)181/15-16(03) Administration's paper on annual adjustment of social security payment rates under the Social Security Allowance and the Comprehensive Social Security Assistance ("CSSA") Schemes and issues relating to rent allowance under the CSSA Scheme 9 November 2015
CB(2)526/15-16(01) Administration's response on the situation of elderly singletons on the waiting list for public rental housing (Follow-up paper) 9 November 2015
CB(2)181/15-16(04) Paper on annual adjustment of social security payment rates under the Social Security Allowance Scheme and the Comprehensive Social Security Assistance Scheme and issues relating to rent allowance under the latter Scheme prepared by the Legislative Council Secretariat (updated background brief) 9 November 2015
CB(2)1208/15-16(06) Administration's paper on additional provision for social security recipients 11 April 2016
CB(2)1208/15-16(07) Paper on additional provision for social security recipients prepared by the Legislative Council Secretariat (updated background brief) 11 April 2016


Year 2014 - 2015



LC Paper No.PaperMeeting date
CB(2)523/13-14(01) Referral from the Public Complaints Office on policies relating to rent control and rent allowance under the Comprehensive Social Security Assistance Scheme (Chinese version only) (Restricted to members only) 13 January 2014
10 November 2014
CB(2)213/14-15(07) Administration's paper on annual adjustment of social security payment rates under the Social Security Allowance and the Comprehensive Social Security Assistance Schemes and issues relating to rent allowance under the Comprehensive Social Security Assistance Scheme 10 November 2014
CB(2)213/14-15(08) Paper on annual adjustment of payment rates under the Social Security Allowance Scheme and the Comprehensive Social Security Assistance Scheme and issues relating to rent allowance under the latter Scheme prepared by the Legislative Council Secretariat (updated background brief) 10 November 2014
CB(2)938/14-15(01) E-mail dated 23 February 2015 from a member of the public regarding adjustment of Comprehensive Social Security Assistance payment rates and review of Disability Allowance (Circulated to members only) 13 March 2015*
CB(2)1168/14-15(05) Administration's paper on additional provision for social security recipients 13 April 2015
CB(2)1498/14-15(01) Administration's response on the numbers of Comprehensive Social Security Assistance ("CSSA") recipients who were paying a rent higher than the maximum rent allowance ("MRA") under the CSSA Scheme before and after the increase of MRA by 6.7% in February 2015 and the launch of the "Subsidy for CSSA recipients living in rented private housing" programme by the Community Care Fund respectively 13 April 2015
CB(2)1853/14-15(01) Administration's response on the residence requirements of the Comprehensive Social Security Assistance Scheme and the one-year continuous residence rule of the Old Age Allowance under the Social Security Allowance Scheme 13 April 2015
CB(2)1242/14-15(01) Joint submission on additional provision for social security recipients from the deputations (天水圍長者貧窮關注組及天水圍社區發展陣線) (Chinese version only) 13 April 2015
CB(2)1168/14-15(06) Paper on additional provision for social security recipients prepared by the Legislative Council Secretariat (updated background brief) 13 April 2015


Year 2013 - 2014



LC Paper No.PaperMeeting date
CB(2)217/13-14(03) Administration's paper on annual adjustment of social security payment rates under the Social Security Allowance and the Comprehensive Social Security Assistance Schemes and issues relating to rent allowance under the CSSA Scheme 11 November 2013
CB(2)530/13-14(01) Administration's response on further information on actual rent payment by CSSA households living in private premises and the projected expenditure incurred in CSSA payments if all those living below the poverty line were provided with CSSA payments 11 November 2013
CB(2)217/13-14(04) Paper on annual adjustment of payment rates under the Social Security Allowance Scheme and the Comprehensive Social Security Assistance Scheme and issues relating to rent allowance under the latter Scheme prepared by the Legislative Council Secretariat (updated background brief) 11 November 2013
CB(2)609/13-14(02) Submission dated 20 December 2013 entitled 「回應反對新移民有權申請綜援的論點」 from a member of the public (Chinese version only) 3 January 2014*
CB(2)560/13-14(02) Letter dated 17 December 2013 from Dr Hon Fernando CHEUNG on the Court of Final Appeal's judgment regarding the residence requirement for Comprehensive Social Security Assistance (Chinese version only) 13 January 2014
CB(2)523/13-14(01) Referral from the Public Complaints Office on policies relating to rent control and rent allowance under the Comprehensive Social Security Assistance Scheme (Chinese version only) (Restricted to members only) 13 January 2014
10 November 2014
CB(2)798/13-14(01) Letter dated 21 January 2014 from Hon TANG Ka-piu requesting the Administration to clarify the calculation method of Comprehensive Social Security Assistance payments, which has been disseminated through the Internet and mobile communication applications (Chinese version only) 10 February 2014
CB(2)900/13-14(01) Administration's response to Hon TANG Ka-piu's letter dated 21 January 2014 concerning the calculation method of Comprehensive Social Security Assistance payments (Chinese version only) 10 March 2014
CB(2)1393/13-14(01) Administration's paper on additional provision for social security recipients 12 May 2014
CB(2)1430/13-14(03) Paper on additional provision for social security recipients prepared by the Legislative Council Secretariat (updated background brief) 12 May 2014


Year 2012 - 2013



LC Paper No.PaperMeeting date
CB(2)396/12-13(01) Administration's information on the comparison of the Comprehensive Social Security Assistance maximum rent allowance and the rent paid by Comprehensive Social Security Assistance households 12 November 2012
CB(2)169/12-13(05) Administration's paper on annual adjustment of social security payment rates 12 November 2012
CB(2)169/12-13(06) Paper on annual adjustment of payment rates under the Comprehensive Social Security Assistance Scheme and the Social Security Allowance Scheme prepared by the Legislative Council Secretariat (background brief) 12 November 2012
CB(2)1129/12-13(05) Administration's paper on additional provision for social security recipients 21 May 2013
CB(2)1129/12-13(09) Administration's paper on proposal to launch a pilot scheme to further encourage Comprehensive Social Security Assistance recipients to take up employment 21 May 2013
CB(2)1129/12-13(06) Paper on additional provision for social security recipients prepared by the Legislative Council Secretariat (updated background brief) 21 May 2013
CB(2)1129/12-13(10) Paper on pilot scheme to further encourage Comprehensive Social Security Assistance recipients to take up employment prepared by the Legislative Council Secretariat (background brief) 21 May 2013


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