Compilation of harmonised information and data on social protection system in Latvia meeting Eurostat requirements and provision of this information to the Commission and other EU institutions.
ESSPROS core system:
1. social protection benefits and services;
2. income and expenditure financial flows at the level of social protection schemes.
ESSPROS module on pension beneficiaries:
3. number of pension recipients (avoiding double counting).
ESSPROS module on net social protection benefits:
4. data on net expenditure on social protection benefits.
Social protection statistics.
The use of the classification is stipulated by the:
- 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);
- Commission Regulation (EC) No 1322/2007 of 12 November 2007 implementing Regulation (EC) No 458/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European system of integrated social protection statistics (ESSPROS) as regards the appropriate formats for transmission, results to be transmitted and criteria for measuring quality for the ESSPROS core system and the module on pension beneficiaries;
- Commission Regulation (EC) No 10/2008 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) as regards the definitions, detailed classifications and updating of the rules for dissemination for the ESSPROS core system and the module on pension beneficiaries;
- Commission Regulation (EU) No 110/2011 of 8 February 2011 implementing Regulation (EC) No 458/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European system of integrated social protection statistics (ESSPROS) as regards the appropriate formats for the transmission of data, the results to be transmitted and the criteria for measuring quality for the ESSPROS module on net social protection benefits;
- Commission Regulation (EU) No 263/2011 of 17 March 2011 implementing Regulation (EC) No 458/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European system of integrated social protection statistics (ESSPROS) as regards the launch of full data collection for the ESSPROS module on net social protection benefits.
Statistical Office of the European Union (Eurostat)
At the level of social protection schemes, update and revision, if necessary, is performed annually when compiling information on the reference period.
Coding system – hierarchical
Code length – seven digits
Description of levels
Core system of the ESSPROS is structured multidimensionally and it includes parallel sub-classifications of various levels:
1. Classification of social protection schemes:
Level 1 – 5 criteria groups
Level 2 – 11 scheme categories
Level 3 – 10 scheme sub-categories
Level 4 – 2 scheme sub-categories
2. Classification of social protection financial flows at national level:
2.1. Classification of receipts of social protection schemes by type:
Level 1 – 4 social contributions by payment characteristics or reason
Level 2 – 8 sub-groups
Level 3 – 5 sub-groups
2.2. Classification of institutional sectors from which receipts originate:
Level 1 – 2 receipts by residency of institutional sector
Level 2 – 4 receipts by institutional sector
Level 3 – 3 institutional units
2.3. Classification of expenditure of social protection by type of expenditure:
Level 1 – 4 expenditure by characteristics or reason
Level 2 – 4 sub-groups
3. Main classification* of social benefits and services:
Level 1 – 2 main groups
Level 2 – 4 sub-groups by type of transfer
Level 3 – 4 sub-groups by periodicity of benefit payment
4. Main classification** of beneficiaries:
Level 1 – 4 main groups by social protection function
Level 2 – 7 sub-groups by pension category
5. Classification of net social protection benefits***:
Level 1 – 4 types of expenditure by essence or purpose
Level 2 – 4 sub-groups
Description of hierarchy
* Main classification of social protection benefits and services is used at two levels: national and by eight functions.
** Main classification of beneficiaries is used at two levels: national and by each scheme.
*** The data on net social protection benefits (restricted approach) are broken down by:
- detailed classification of social protection benefits applied in the core system for general classification of social protection benefits and services;
- scheme and total schemes meeting the sum of all schemes and reflecting data at national level.
Contacts
Solveiga Siliņa
Senior Expert
Social Policy Planning and Development Department
Ministry of Welfare of the Republic of Latvia
+371 67021598
Solveiga.Silina@lm.gov.lv
Kārlis Smudzis
Senior Officer
Social Statistics Data Compilation and Analysis Section
Social Statistics Department
Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia
+371 67366948
Karlis.Smudzis@csp.gov.lv