Statistics on the minimum income scheme and social assistance record benefits granted in the context of the subsidary responsibility of the federal provinces and municipalities to sustain a person’s livelihood and housing outside residential institutions and to provide protection in case of illness, pregnancy and birth (primarily as inclusion in the statutory health insurance system of claimants who were previously not covered).
From the beginning of the transistion period in 2020, the statistics consist of data on the minimum income scheme and on social assistance. This period will last until all provinces have completely implemented social assistance on the basis of the Act on Principles for Social Assistance (Sozialhilfe-Grundsatzgesetz) and the Social Assistance Statistics Act (Sozialhilfe-Statistikgesetz).