Dependency allowance

Dependency allowances consist of cash benefit for children and single parent benefit. Persons with a reduced ability to work who are not participating in an employment initiative are also included in this group. These are people who are awaiting a decision on whether they are eligible to take part in an employment initiative, as well as persons who are not eligible. Since this is a very small group compared to the recipients of cash benefit for children and single parent benefit, we have referred to this collective group under ‘dependency allowance, etc.’ in the tables and ‘dependency allowance’ in the text.