Press release No. 392 of 19 August 2021
WIESBADEN – In 2020, German public assistance institutions spent a net amount of 14.4 billion euros on public assistance benefits in accordance with the Social Code, Book XII (SGB XII). The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that expenditure rose by 6.5% compared with the previous year. The results do not include the expenditure on integration assistance benefits for people with disabilities, as these benefits were transposed into Book IX of the Social Code (SGB IX) as of 1 January 2020.