Less disability pensions paid out since establishment of new criteria

Also regarding the Social Security Administration, the Czech Press Agency has reported that statistics provided by the administration show a slight decrease in the number of average amount of pension insurance paid out since the criteria for recognising disability pensions were tightened up at the beginning of this year. The stricter criteria are the result of uncompleted reforms undertaken by the previous government, led by the Civic Democratic Party. In December of 2009, the total number of people receiving pension insurance was about 533,000; that number dropped by roughly 58,000 the following month.