Social protection benefits by functions, criteria, implementation 1994-2012
| Periods | Criteria for social protection benefits Decision-making Government-controlled schemes (mln euro) | Criteria for social protection benefits Decision-making Non-government-controlled schemes (mln euro) | Implementation Sector Government (mln euro) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012* | 149,235 | 40,621 | 140,138 |
| Source: CBS. | |||
Dataset is not available.
This table gives an overview of the social protection benefits available in the Netherlands. Social protection benefits are classified as all benefits that fall under social services, social security laws, pension insurance, social benefits paid directly by employers and social benefits in kind paid by the government to families. The benefits concern both benefits in kind and cash benefits.
Social protection benefits protect recipients against certain risks or provide in certain needs. These risks and needs are grouped into nine functions. The social protection schemes are also classified by five criteria and eleven underlying categories, as laid down in the European System of Social Protection Statistics (ESSPROS) programme. This programme aims to improve the comparability of international social protection statistics. The function "Education" is not a part of social protection in the sense of ESSPROS.
However, this function is included in the table to provide a complete picture of social protection in the Netherlands. Lastly the benefits are classified by the sector providing the benefit.
In line with the regulations in the European System of Accounts (ESA95), benefits are recorded when they are claimed (accrual-based recording), not when they are paid (cash-based recording).
Data available from 1994 to 2012.
Status of the figures:
The figures in this table are definite up to 2010, revised provisional for 2011 and provisional for 2012. Because this table is discontinued, figures will not be updated anymore.
Changes as of 10 April 2015.
None, this table is discontinued.
When will new figures be published?
Not applicable anymore.
Description topics
- Criteria for social protection benefits
- Social protection encompasses all interventions by public or private
bodies intended to relieve households and individuals of the burden of a
defined set of risks or needs, provided that the recipient does not have
to do anything in return, and that no individual arrangement is involved.
The social protection schemes can be arranged according to criteria. For
each criterion the schemes are placed into two or more categories. A
scheme falls into one category for each criterion. The sum of the
categories within a criterion adds up to the total amount of benefits paid
by all social protection schemes.- Decision-making
- Decision-making refers to the unit that takes the most important
decisions: the level of benefits, the terms on which they are paid and
the ways in which the scheme is financed. Schemes may be
government-controlled or non-government-controlled.- Government-controlled schemes
- Government-controlled schemes consist of social protection schemes in
which the government takes all the principal decisions about the level of
benefits, the terms on which they are paid and the ways in which the
scheme is financed.
Government-controlled social protection is usually established by law or
regulation. It includes all schemes that provide protection to public
servants on the same lines as that provided to the general population by
government-controlled schemes, but excludes schemes that the government
may set up in its role of employer and which have no government-controlled
counterparts in the private sector. These schemes are classified as non-
government-controlled schemes for employees.
- Non-government-controlled schemes
- Non-government-controlled schemes for employees are social protection
schemes organised (but not necessarily run) by employers for their
employees, former employees and their dependants. Other
non-government-controlled schemes are not organised particularly for
employees.
- Implementation
- The sector providing the social protection benefit.
Example 1: If a government employee falls ill, his salary will still be
paid by his employer (the government). This is called paid sick-leave.
After 2 years of illness, he will be eligible for the legal social
insurance benefit WIA. Benefits under the WIA are implemented by the
Institute for Employee Benefit schemes (UWV), which is a part of the
sector government.
Example 2: At the moment a person retires, he will receive his AOW pension
from the SVB, which is part of the sector government. If this person is
also entitled to an additional pension benefit, this additional pension
will be paid out by the Pension funds sector.- Sector Government
- The sector government implements all social benefits in cash and in kind
provided to private persons. These are provided by central and local
government under social insurance and assistance legislation.