Changes

In March 2021 (the date up to which the information on the graphs and maps is extended), the national administration made its own assessment: just over 870,000 applications had been processed out of the 1,150,000 received. 600,000 of these had been rejected, 210,000 had been approved and 62,000 were in the process of being corrected. In other words, approved applications accounted for only 25% of those processed. This Department also provided information on the profile of beneficiaries and identified two particularly vulnerable groups, i.e. women and minors. Households were made up of an average of 2.77 people and the average benefit for each household was 460 euros. Over 70% of beneficiaries were women, 43% of the people living in households benefiting from the national Minimum Subsistence Income were minors, and almost 70% of the households included at least one minor.

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How the national regulation of this Minimum Subsistence Income fits in with the Regional Minimum Income policies raised dysfunctions from the outset. Firstly, because the national regulation sets a difference between the Basque Country (Euskadi/País Vasco) and Navarre (Navarra) and the rest of regions due to the different tax collection system of these two regions as well as to the attribution of powers by an agreement on the National Social Security Institute. This was seen by the other regions as an unequal treatment. Secondly, although the regulation also envisaged the possibility of promoting an agreement with the rest of regions and/or local authorities, the fact is that the national Minimum Subsistence Income began developing in parallel to the Regional Minimum Income policies of all regions except for these two (which were set decades ago). This postponed sine die the agreements between administrations. The national government argued that it had better information than the regions to implement these policies (e.g. data on personal income and Social Security), but did not consider the lack of employees of the national administration to deal with deploying this mechanism. Thirdly, it led to confusion amongst regional authorities, beneficiaries and potential beneficiaries. Finally, it filled social service departments in local councils that were already understaffed. This last aspect, which has perhaps received less attention than it should, is essential and explains to a large extent the failure in implementing a policy to all citizens that are subject to benefit from it. This is also stated by social services from municipal level as well as by regional Ombudsmen.

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