Among single people aged 65 or over who can claim the minimum old age, one in two did not receive it in 2016, according to a study published Friday by DREES, which estimates that 790 million euros were thus unpaid.
Nearly 650,000 people were, 6 years ago, eligible for the minimum old age, but only just under 326,0000 of them (50%) actually received it, according to the work of the Research, Studies, evaluation and statistics (Drees).
The non-use rate is higher among women
According to tax data, non-receivers (i.e. just over 321,000 people) would have benefited, if they had applied, from 205 euros on average (compared to 337 euros on average for those who did). well affected), details the statistical service of the social ministries. In all, 790 million euros were thus unpaid.
According to the study, the rate of non-take-up is higher among women (52%) than among men (44%) and the older the age of potential beneficiaries, the greater the non-take-up.
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Emmanuel Macron had announced during his campaign for the presidential election to pay “automatically” social assistance “to those who are entitled to it, to avoid non-recourse and fraud”. But this “solidarity at source” would only concern the activity bonus, family allowances, housing assistance and the active solidarity income (RSA), and not the minimum old age.
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