Glossary:Social protection expenditure
Outlay for social protection interventions. The ESSPROS distinguishes four main categories of expenditure. The first is expenditure on social benefits, that is, resources which are transferred to beneficiaries in the form of cash or goods and services. The second category of expenditure relates to administration costs charged to the scheme. The third and fourth categories deal with transfers to other schemes and miscellaneous expenditure.
Further information
Regulation (EC) No 458/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 April 2007 on the European system of integrated social protection statistics (ESSPROS)
Regulation (EC) No10/2008 of 8 January 2008 implementing Regulation (EC) No 458/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European system of integrated social protection statistics (ESSPROS)