The "Kyuto Prefecture City Summit", which is made up of 1 metropolitan area, 3 prefectures and 5 government-designated cities, said that it is important to remove the financial burden of raising children in order to stop the declining birthrate. On the day, I requested the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare to increase the lump-sum payment for childbirth and childcare.
The "lump-sum childbirth and childcare allowance" that subsidizes childbirth costs is currently 420,000 yen, but according to the "Kyuto Prefecture City Summit", the actual childbirth costs are increasing year by year, and the national average is as of three years ago. It is more than 524,000 yen, and the average of 1 metropolitan area and 3 prefectures is close to 560,000 yen as of 6 years ago.
On the 16th, Mayor Takeharu Yamanaka of Yokohama City visited the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare on behalf of the nine prefectures, and told Parliamentary Vice-Minister Shimamura, "It is necessary to reduce the sense of financial burden in order to stop the declining birthrate. I requested an increase in the lump-sum payment for childbirth and childcare.
In response, Parliamentary Vice-Minister Shimamura responded, "The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare is also conducting an investigation and would like to consider it positively based on the results."
After this, Mayor Yamanaka told reporters, "Because both the national government and local governments need to make efforts to create an environment where it is easy to give birth and raise children, Yokohama City wants to conduct a survey to grasp the actual situation of childbirth costs." rice field.