The Ministry of Social Security has reported this Thursday that a total of 677,150 households, made up of 1,971,429 people, have received the Minimum Vital Income (IMV) since the benefit was approved in 2020, but it has not broken down how many families are. currently charging.
The figures from the department now led by José Luis Escrivá have been known after in June the Independent Authority for Fiscal Responsibility (AIReF) – which was previously chaired by Escrivá himself – revealed that the real number of households that were receiving this Aid at the end of 2022 was 280,000, almost the same as a year before.
The benefit, therefore, had not advanced and did not reach even a third of the 800,000 households that the Government had set as a target as potential beneficiaries.
The complaint of the institution now chaired by Cristina Herrero, Escrivá’s replacement, is that the Ministry does not provide the net number of households that receive the Minimum Income, but only gives the accumulated number since this aid came into force, as if in the pensions, the total number of those who have historically collected a retirement pension and not the number of those who currently collect it would be communicated, he gave as an example.
The Ministry, which was visibly angry at AIReF’s opinion, has not changed its publication and still does not report how many people are currently benefiting from this aid.
As reported this Thursday, the IMV “is having a special impact on reducing child poverty since, of the total beneficiaries, 43% are minors (855,079). Furthermore, if we take into account the number of households, in more than 67% there is at least one minor (459,316)”.
They have also pointed out that “in two out of every three households the holder of the benefit is a woman and, if the total number of beneficiaries is taken into account, 54% are women (1,065,791).”
Regarding the number of benefits with the Childhood Assistance Complement (CAPI), they have already reached 407,511. The CAPI, which entered into force in January 2022, is an aid of 115 euros per household per month in the case of children from 0 to 3 years old; 80.5 euros per month for each child between 3 and 6 years of age and 57.5 euros per month for each child between 6 and 18 years of age.
