Year 2020 - 2021
Year 2019 - 2020
Year 2018 - 2019
Year 2017 - 2018
Year 2016 - 2017



Papers

Comprehensive Social Security Assistance (CSSA) Issues


Year 2020 - 2021



LC Paper No.PaperMeeting date
CB(2)337/20-21(03) Administration's paper on annual adjustment of social security payment rates under the Comprehensive Social Security Assistance and the Social Security Allowance Schemes, and issues relating to rent allowance under the Comprehensive Social Security Assistance Scheme 23 November 2020
CB(2)567/20-21(01) Administration's response to members' request for information on Comprehensive Social Security Assistance Scheme 23 November 2020
CB(2)337/20-21(04) Paper on annual adjustment of social security payment rates under the Comprehensive Social Security Assistance Scheme and the Social Security Allowance Scheme and issues relating to rent allowance under the Comprehensive Social Security Assistance Scheme prepared by the Legislative Council Secretariat (Updated background brief) 23 November 2020
CB(2)961/20-21(03) Administration's paper on one-off extra allowance for recipients of social security payments, Working Family Allowance and Work Incentive Transport Subsidy 19 April 2021
CB(2)1163/20-21(01) Administration's response to members' request for information on one-off extra allowance to recipients of social security payments, working family allowance and individual-based work incentive transport subsidy (Follow-up paper) 19 April 2021
CB(2)961/20-21(04) Paper on one-off extra allowance to recipients of social security payments, Working Family Allowance and Individual-based Work Incentive Transport Subsidy prepared by the Legislative Council Secretariat (Updated background brief) 19 April 2021


Year 2019 - 2020



LC Paper No.PaperMeeting date
CB(2)145/19-20(03) Administration's paper on extra allowance to recipients of Social Security Payments, Working Family Allowance and Individual-based Work Incentive Transport Subsidy 11 November 2019
CB(2)145/19-20(05) Administration's paper on review of 'Pro-employment' Measures and Other Improvement Measures under the Comprehensive Social Security Assistance ("CSSA") Scheme, and Annual Adjustment of Social Security Payment Rates under the CSSA Scheme and Social Security Allowance Scheme 11 November 2019
CB(2)471/19-20(01) Administration's response to requesting to provide information on providing one-off extra allowance to recipients of social security payments, Working Family Allowance and Work Incentive Transport Subsidy (Follow-up paper) 11 November 2019
CB(2)357/19-20(01) Administration's response to requesting to provide information on Review of pro-employment measures and other improvement measures under the Comprehensive Social Security Assistance Scheme, as well as annual adjustment of social security payment rates (Follow-up paper) 11 November 2019
CB(2)145/19-20(04) Paper on providing one-off extra allowance to recipients of social security payments, Working Family Allowance and Work Incentive Transport Subsidy prepared by the Legislative Council Secretariat (updated background brief) 11 November 2019
CB(2)145/19-20(06) Paper on review of pro-employment measures and other improvement measures under the Comprehensive Social Security Assistance Scheme, as well as annual adjustment of social security payment rates prepared by the Legislative Council Secretariat (updated background brief) 11 November 2019
CB(2)255/19-20(01) Report entitled "《綜援兒童生活狀況問卷調查報告》" and an email from Society for Community Organization and 兒童權利關注會 requesting to meet with members of the Panel on Welfare Services (Chinese version only) 20 November 2019*
CB(2)868/19-20(01) Administration's paper entitled "Extra Allowance for Recipients of Social Security Payments and Individual-based Work Incentive Transport Subsidy" 11 May 2020


Year 2018 - 2019



LC Paper No.PaperMeeting date
CB(2)197/18-19(03) Administration's paper on annual adjustment of social security payment rates under the Comprehensive Social Security Assistance Scheme and the Social Security Allowance Scheme, and issues relating to rent allowance under the Comprehensive Social Security Assistance Scheme 12 November 2018
CB(2)197/18-19(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) 12 November 2018
ISSH16/17-18 Statistical Highlights on Comprehensive Social Security Assistance Scheme and rent allowance prepared by the Research Office of the LegCo Secretariat 12 November 2018
CB(2)541/18-19(01) Joint letter dated 4 January 2019 from Hon KWOK Wai-keung and Hon LUK Chung-hung requesting the Panel on Welfare Services to discuss the impact of raising the eligible age for elderly Comprehensive Social Security Assistance ("CSSA") from 60 to 65 on support services for CSSA recipients aged between 60 and 64 and on providers of such services (Chinese version only) 14 January 2019
28 January 2019
CB(2)579/18-19(01) Letter dated 10 January 2019 from Hon LEUNG Che-cheung requesting the Panel on Welfare Services to hold an urgent discussion of raising the eligible age for elderly Comprehensive Social Security Assistance from 60 to 65 (Chinese version only) 14 January 2019
28 January 2019
CB(2)579/18-19(02) Letter dated 11 January 2019 from Hon Andrew WAN Siu-kin requesting the Panel on Welfare Services to discuss welfare of elderly persons aged between 60 and 64 as soon as possible (Chinese version only) 14 January 2019
28 January 2019
CB(2)701/18-19(01) Administration's paper on adjusting the eligible age for elderly Comprehensive Social Security Assistance 28 January 2019
CB(2)901/18-19(01) Administration's response to members' request for information on raising the eligible age for elderly Comprehensive Social Security Assistance from 60 to 65 (Follow-up paper) 28 January 2019
CB(2)701/18-19(02) Paper on raising the eligible age for elderly Comprehensive Social Security Assistance from 60 to 65 prepared by the Legislative Council Secretariat (Background brief) 28 January 2019
CB(2)730/18-19(01) Submission on raising the eligible age for elderly Comprehensive Social Security Assistance from 60 to 65 from a member of the public (王芷欣小姐) (Chinese version only) 28 January 2019
CB(2)743/18-19(06) Administration's paper on payments under the Comprehensive Social Security Assistance Scheme 11 February 2019
CB(2)771/18-19(01) Administration's response to Hon SHIU Ka-chun's letter on "Review of supplements and special grants under the Comprehensive Social Security Assistance Scheme" (Follow-up paper) 11 February 2019
CB(2)1133/18-19(01) Administration's response to members' request for information on review of supplements and special grants under the Comprehensive Social Security Assistance Scheme (Follow-up paper) 11 February 2019
CB(2)759/18-19(02) Letter dated 1 February 2019 from Hon SHIU Ka-chun on review of supplements and special grants under the Comprehensive Social Security Assistance Scheme (Chinese version only) 11 February 2019
CB(2)759/18-19(01) Letter dated 4 February 2019 from Hon SHIU Ka-chun requesting the Panel on Welfare Services to discuss the review of special grants, supplements and maximum amount of disregarded earnings under the Comprehensive Social Security Assistance Scheme; and the review of the Support for Self-reliance Scheme (Chinese version only) 11 February 2019
CB(2)743/18-19(07) Paper on supplements and special grants under the Comprehensive Social Security Assistance Scheme prepared by the Legislative Council Secretariat (Background brief) 11 February 2019
CB(2)763/18-19(02) Submission on review of supplements and special grants under the Comprehensive Social Security Assistance Scheme from a deputation (捍衛綜援權利大聯盟) (Chinese version only) 11 February 2019
CB(2)763/18-19(01) Submission on review of supplements and special grants under the Comprehensive Social Security Assistance Scheme from The Hong Kong Council of Social Service (Chinese version only) 11 February 2019
CB(2)924/18-19(05) Administration's paper on provision of relocation allowance for grassroots households 11 March 2019
CB(2)1452/18-19(01) Administration's response on requesting to provide information on provision of relocation allowance for poor households (Follow-up paper) 11 March 2019
CB(2)924/18-19(06) Information Note on provision of relocation allowance for poor households prepared by the Legislative Council Secretariat 11 March 2019
CB(2)1173/18-19(03) Administration's paper on extra allowance to recipients of social security payments, Working Family Allowance and Work Incentive Transport Subsidy; and grant to financially needy students 15 April 2019
CB(2)1492/18-19(01) Administration's response on requesting to provide information on providing extra allowance to recipients of social security, Working Family Allowance and Work Incentive Transport Subsidy; and one-off grant to students in need (Follow-up paper) 15 April 2019
CB(2)1173/18-19(04) Paper on provision of one-off relief measures for social security recipients prepared by the Legislative Council Secretariat (Updated background brief) 15 April 2019
CB(2)1587/18-19(04) Administration's paper on review of measures to encourage employment under the Comprehensive Social Security Assistance Scheme 10 June 2019
CB(2)1832/18-19(01) Administration's response to Hon SHIU Ka-chun's letter on "Review of measures to encourage employment under the Comprehensive Social Security Assistance Scheme" (Follow-up paper) 10 June 2019
CB(2)1618/18-19(04) Letter dated 6 June 2019 from Hon SHIU Ka-chun on review of measures to encourage employment under the Comprehensive Social Security Assistance Scheme (Chinese version only) 10 June 2019
CB(2)1587/18-19(05) Paper on measures to encourage employment under the Comprehensive Social Security Assistance Scheme prepared by the Legislative Council Secretariat (Background brief) 10 June 2019


Year 2017 - 2018



LC Paper No.PaperMeeting date
CB(2)233/17-18(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 13 November 2017
CB(2)449/17-18(01) Administration's response on requesting to respond in writing to three carried motions before submitting the relevant funding proposal to the Finance Committee 13 November 2017
CB(2)233/17-18(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) 13 November 2017
CB(2)291/17-18(01) Submission on annual adjustment of social security payment rates under the Comprehensive Social Security Assistance Scheme and the Social Security Allowance Scheme, and issues relating to rent allowance under the Comprehensive Social Security Assistance Scheme from a deputation (長者綜援改革關注組) (Chinese version only) 13 November 2017
CB(2)291/17-18(02) Submission on annual adjustment of social security payment rates under the Comprehensive Social Security Assistance Scheme and the Social Security Allowance Scheme, and issues relating to rent allowance under the Comprehensive Social Security Assistance Scheme from a deputation (關注綜援低收入聯盟) (Chinese version only) 13 November 2017
CB(2)812/17-18(07) Administration's paper on Comprehensive Social Security Assistance Scheme 12 February 2018
19 March 2018
CB(2)1227/17-18(01) Administration's response to members' request for information on the Comprehensive Social Security Assistance Scheme (Follow-up paper) 12 February 2018
CB(2)812/17-18(08) Paper on review of the Comprehensive Social Security Assistance Scheme prepared by the Legislative Council Secretariat (updated background brief) 12 February 2018
19 March 2018
CB(2)863/17-18(01) Referral from the Public Complaints Office on policies relating to Comprehensive Social Security Assistance Scheme and providing employment support services to women receiving Comprehensive Social Security Assistance (Chinese version only) (Restricted to members only) 12 February 2018
19 March 2018
CB(2)863/17-18(02) Submission on review of the Comprehensive Social Security Assistance Scheme from a deputation (捍衛綜援權利大聯盟) (Chinese version only) 12 February 2018
CB(2)874/17-18(01) Submission on Review of the Comprehensive Social Security Assistance Scheme from Society for Community Organization (Chinese version only) 12 February 2018
CB(2)874/17-18(02) Submission on Review of the Comprehensive Social Security Assistance Scheme from The Hong Kong Council of Social Service (Chinese version only) 12 February 2018
CB(2)1939/17-18(01) Administration's response to members' request for information on Review of the Comprehensive Social Security Assistance Scheme (Follow-up paper) 19 March 2018
CB(2)1068/17-18(04) Joint-submission on Review of the Comprehensive Social Security Assistance Scheme from Mr YU Kam-chung and Mrs LAI Kam-lin (Chinese version only) 19 March 2018
CB(2)1068/17-18(06) Submission on Review of the Comprehensive Social Security Assistance Scheme from a deputation (捍衛綜援權利大聯盟) (Chinese version only) 19 March 2018
CB(2)1068/17-18(05) Submission on Review of the Comprehensive Social Security Assistance Scheme from an individual (林宗祐先生) (Chinese version only) 19 March 2018
CB(2)1068/17-18(03) Submission on Review of the Comprehensive Social Security Assistance Scheme from Hong Kong Council of Social Service (Chinese version only) 19 March 2018
CB(2)1026/17-18(02) Submission on Review of the Comprehensive Social Security Assistance Scheme from Hong Kong Federation of Women's Centres (Chinese version only) 19 March 2018
CB(2)1057/17-18(01) Submission on Review of the Comprehensive Social Security Assistance Scheme from Hong Kong Social Workers' General Union (Chinese version only) 19 March 2018
CB(2)1026/17-18(03) Submission on Review of the Comprehensive Social Security Assistance Scheme from Ming Wong (Chinese version only) 19 March 2018
CB(2)1026/17-18(01) Submission on Review of the Comprehensive Social Security Assistance Scheme from Miss WONG Tsz-yan (Chinese version only) 19 March 2018
CB(2)1068/17-18(02) Submission on Review of the Comprehensive Social Security Assistance Scheme from Richmond Fellowship Community Network (Chinese version only) 19 March 2018
CB(2)1068/17-18(07) Submission on Review of the Comprehensive Social Security Assistance Scheme from Sik Sik Yuen (Chinese version only) 19 March 2018
CB(2)1068/17-18(01) Submission on Review of the Comprehensive Social Security Assistance Scheme from The Civic Party (Chinese version only) 19 March 2018
CB(2)1142/17-18(03) Administration's paper on extra allowance to recipients of social security payments, Working Family Allowance and Work Incentive Transport Subsidy; and grant to financially needy students 9 April 2018
CB(2)1142/17-18(04) Paper on additional provision for social security recipients prepared by the Legislative Council Secretariat (updated background brief) 9 April 2018


Year 2016 - 2017



LC Paper No.PaperMeeting date
CB(2)149/16-17(03) Administration's paper on annual adjustment of social security payment rates under the Comprehensive Social Security Assistance Scheme and the Social Security Allowance Scheme, and issues relating to rent allowance under the Comprehensive Social Security Assistance Scheme 14 November 2016
CB(2)447/16-17(01) Administration's response on annual adjustment of social security payment rates under the Comprehensive Social Security Assistance Scheme and the Social Security Allowance Scheme, and issues relating to rent allowance under the Comprehensive Social Security Assistance Scheme 14 November 2016
CB(2)149/16-17(04) Paper on annual adjustment of social security payment rates under the Comprehensive Social Security Assistance Scheme and the Social Security Allowance Scheme, and issues relating to rent allowance under the Comprehensive Social Security Assistance Scheme prepared by the Legislative Council Secretariat (updated background brief) 14 November 2016
CB(2)187/16-17(02) Submission on annual adjustment of social security payment rates under the Comprehensive Social Security Assistance Scheme and the Social Security Allowance Scheme, and issues relating to rent allowance under the Comprehensive Social Security Assistance Scheme from a deputation (關注綜援低收入聯盟) (Chinese version only) 14 November 2016
CB(2)187/16-17(01) Submission on annual adjustment of social security payment rates under the Comprehensive Social Security Assistance Scheme and the Social Security Allowance Scheme, and issues relating to rent allowance under the Comprehensive Social Security Assistance Scheme from The Hong Kong Council of Social Service (Chinese version only) 14 November 2016
CB(2)706/16-17(01) Submission dated 24 and 25 January 2017 from a member of the public regarding the policy issues on the elderly Comprehensive Social Security Assistance Scheme set out in the Chief Executive's 2017 Policy Address 25 January 2017*
CB(2)811/16-17(01) Submission received on 12 February 2017 from a member of the public regarding the policy issues on the elderly Comprehensive Social Security Assistance Scheme set out in the Chief Executive's 2017 Policy Address 14 February 2017*
CB(2)959/16-17(01) Submission received on 3 March 2017 from a member of the public regarding the policy issues on the elderly Comprehensive Social Security Assistance Scheme set out in the Chief Executive's 2017 Policy Address 9 March 2017*
CB(2)931/16-17(04) Administration's paper on additional provision for recipients of social security payments, Low-income Working Family Allowance and Work Incentive Transport Subsidy 13 March 2017
CB(2)931/16-17(05) Paper on additional provision for recipients of social security payments, Low-income Working Family Allowance and Work Incentive Transport Subsidy prepared by the Legislative Council Secretariat (updated background brief) 13 March 2017


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