<page_title> Comprehensive Social Security Assistance </page_title> <section_title> Post-1997 Handover </section_title> <table> <cell> 9.4 <col_header> Statistics on Comprehensive Social Security Assistance Scheme, 1997/8 -2014/15 </col_header> <col_header> CSSA expenditure ($ billion) </col_header> <row_header> 1997-98 </row_header> </cell> <cell> 1997 <col_header> Statistics on Comprehensive Social Security Assistance Scheme, 1997/8 -2014/15 </col_header> <col_header> Year </col_header> <row_header> 1997-98 </row_header> <row_header> 9.4 </row_header> <row_header>  </row_header> <row_header> 6.3 </row_header> </cell> <cell> 282,623 <col_header> Statistics on Comprehensive Social Security Assistance Scheme, 1997/8 -2014/15 </col_header> <col_header> Number of CSSA Recipients </col_header> <row_header> 1997-98 </row_header> <row_header> 9.4 </row_header> <row_header>  </row_header> <row_header> 6.3 </row_header> <row_header> 1997 </row_header> </cell> <cell> 13.0 <col_header> Statistics on Comprehensive Social Security Assistance Scheme, 1997/8 -2014/15 </col_header> <col_header> CSSA expenditure ($ billion) </col_header> <col_header> 9.4 </col_header> <row_header> 1998-99 </row_header> </cell> <cell> 1998 <col_header> Statistics on Comprehensive Social Security Assistance Scheme, 1997/8 -2014/15 </col_header> <col_header> Year </col_header> <col_header> 1997 </col_header> <row_header> 1998-99 </row_header> <row_header> 13.0 </row_header> <row_header>  </row_header> <row_header> 7.9 </row_header> </cell> <cell> 368,623 <col_header> Statistics on Comprehensive Social Security Assistance Scheme, 1997/8 -2014/15 </col_header> <col_header> Number of CSSA Recipients </col_header> <col_header> 282,623 </col_header> <row_header> 1998-99 </row_header> <row_header> 13.0 </row_header> <row_header>  </row_header> <row_header> 7.9 </row_header> <row_header> 1998 </row_header> </cell> </table>
In 1997 to 1998, the number of CSSA recipients increased from 282,623 to 368,623 with government expenditure increasing from $9.4 billion to $13.0 billion.