<page_title> Comprehensive Social Security Assistance </page_title> <section_title> Post-1997 Handover </section_title> <table> <cell> 7.8 <col_header> Statistics on Comprehensive Social Security Assistance Scheme, 1997/8 -2014/15 </col_header> <col_header> CSSA expenditure as % of government expenditure </col_header> <col_header> 6.3 </col_header> <col_header> 7.9 </col_header> <row_header> 1999-2000 </row_header> <row_header> 13.6 </row_header> <row_header> +0.8 </row_header> </cell> <cell> 1999 <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> <col_header> 1998 </col_header> <row_header> 1999-2000 </row_header> <row_header> 13.6 </row_header> <row_header> +0.8 </row_header> <row_header> 7.8 </row_header> </cell> <cell> 376,507 <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> <col_header> 368,623 </col_header> <row_header> 1999-2000 </row_header> <row_header> 13.6 </row_header> <row_header> +0.8 </row_header> <row_header> 7.8 </row_header> <row_header> 1999 </row_header> </cell> <cell> 8.1 <col_header> Statistics on Comprehensive Social Security Assistance Scheme, 1997/8 -2014/15 </col_header> <col_header> CSSA expenditure as % of government expenditure </col_header> <col_header> 6.3 </col_header> <col_header> 7.9 </col_header> <col_header> 7.8 </col_header> <col_header> 7.3 </col_header> <col_header> 7.4 </col_header> <row_header> 2002-03 </row_header> <row_header> 16.1 </row_header> <row_header> 4.8 </row_header> </cell> <cell> 2002 <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> <col_header> 1998 </col_header> <col_header> 1999 </col_header> <col_header> 2000 </col_header> <col_header> 2001 </col_header> <row_header> 2002-03 </row_header> <row_header> 16.1 </row_header> <row_header> 4.8 </row_header> <row_header> 8.1 </row_header> </cell> <cell> 466,868 <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> <col_header> 368,623 </col_header> <col_header> 376,507 </col_header> <col_header> 365,185 </col_header> <col_header> 397,468 </col_header> <row_header> 2002-03 </row_header> <row_header> 16.1 </row_header> <row_header> 4.8 </row_header> <row_header> 8.1 </row_header> <row_header> 2002 </row_header> </cell> </table>
CSSA budget was impacted from 1999 to 2002 as the number of CSSA recipients increased from 376,507 people to 466,868 people and CSSA expenditure as the percentage of government expenditure increased from 7.8% to 8.1%.