Lm2.8m in benefits to single mothers

Social benefits to single mothers last year, amounted to nearly Lm2.8 million, Social Solidarity Minister Dolores Cristina said. Replying to a parliamentary question by Labour MP Silvio Parnis, the minister said the benefits - given to 2,043 single...

Social benefits to single mothers last year, amounted to nearly Lm2.8 million, Social Solidarity Minister Dolores Cristina said.

Replying to a parliamentary question by Labour MP Silvio Parnis, the minister said the benefits - given to 2,043 single mothers, included social assistance, maternity benefits, children's allowance, disabled child allowance, milk grant and the additional bonus.

In 1995, when 470 single mothers received benefits, these had amounted to just under Lm500,000.

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