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Last year, 250 thousand people relied on special income support, i.e. approximately 2 percent of the adult population in the Netherlands. Four in ten households receiving special income support are...

Changes in the number of households claiming income support in 2001-2011 correlate directly to the number of claimants under the age of 45.

Municipalities where the proportion of people receiving unemployment and disability benefits was high in June 2011 are mainly found in the eastern part of the Netherlands.

According to the latest figures, 316 thousand social security benefits were granted by the end of last year to individuals under the age of 65 living at home, i.e. 9 thousand more than one year...

New figures show that 314 thousand people younger than 65 years were claiming income support benefit at the end of September 2011.

At the end of June this year, 40 thousand social assistance benefits went to over-65 households, i.e. twice as many as a decade ago. The reason for the increase is that more and more over-65...

The most recent figures show that the number of social security benefits granted to people under the age of 65 has risen to 318 thousand in the second quarter of 2011.

Nearly half (49 percent) of the 330 thousand people on social security have children, but there are considerable differences between native Dutch and people with a non-western background. Native...

According to figures, the number of income support benefits paid to people under the age of 65 rose further in the first quarter of 2011.

The number of people relying on social security varies widely across the Dutch provinces.

The latest figures published show that the number of social security benefits granted to people under the age of 65 has risen by 26 thousand over 2010. The number of social security benefits paid out...

Over 297 thousand individuals aged under 64 claimed welfare benefits at the end of 2008. One in twelve of them found a job in 2009.

Although the total social security debt has risen over the period 2002-2009, the number of debts has dropped by more than 100 thousand. The number of debts involving an amount of 2,500 euro or more...

At the end of June this year, 300 thousand social assistance benefits were paid to persons under the age of 65.

In recent years, the number of people from Eastern European EU countries living in the Netherlands has risen rapidly, but relatively few receive social security or unemployment (WW) benefits. By the...

The number of people younger than 65 years in the Netherlands claiming income support rose again in the first quarter of 2010.

The amount of social security benefits to persons younger than 65 rose by 22 thousand in 2009.

The number of income support benefits paid to people younger than 65 years has risen for the third quarter in a row.

The number of social security benefits paid to under-65s has increased for the second consecutive quarter.

Spending on disablement assistence for young people (Wajong) have been rising in recent years. In 2003 spending amounted to nearly 1.3 billion euro, while in 2008 this had increased to nearly 1.9...

At the end of March this year, 263 thousand persons were living on social security, an increase by 4 thousand relative to the end of 2008.

Employees who lack support from their colleagues more often report sick than those who receive support from their working environment.

The amount of partial AOW benefits has tripled over the past two decades.

Last year, the number of social security benefits paid to under-65s was reduced by 15 thousand.

In the third quarter of 2008, the number of benefits paid to under-65s dropped further to 262 thousand, i.e. more than 6 thousand down on the second quarter.