The overall Comprehensive Social Security Assistance caseload dropped by 240 cases to 195,196 in June, down 0.1% from May, the Social Welfare Department announced today.

The total number of recipients was 261,440.

Low-earnings cases fell by 1.4% to 1,312 cases. Permanent disability cases decreased by 0.4% to 16,534 cases.

Both ill-health cases and single parent cases declined by 0.2% to 27,723 cases and 18,842 cases respectively. Old age cases dropped by 0.1% to 110,691 cases.

Meanwhile, unemployment cases remained steady at 16,150 cases.