Governor Koike of Tokyo has officially decided on a policy of providing 5,000 yen a month to children under the age of 18 in order to enhance countermeasures against the declining birthrate. It has been announced that it will be included in the budget proposal for the new fiscal year.
From the 6th of this month, Governor Koike has been assessing the measures to be included in the budget proposal for the new fiscal year and the 5th year of Reiwa, and on the 12th, consideration was given to improving measures against the declining birthrate.
After that, Governor Koike told reporters that he had officially decided to provide 5,000 yen a month to people under the age of 18 in Tokyo without setting income limits, and that he would include 126.1 billion yen in the budget proposal as necessary expenses. bottom.
The benefits will start in January next year, and it is expected that 60,000 yen for the 5th year of Reiwa will be paid in a lump sum.
In addition, it has also clarified its policy to make childcare fees for the second child free without setting income limits, and will include 11 billion yen in the budget proposal as necessary expenses.
In addition, in order to create a subsidy system for healthy women to cryopreserve eggs for future pregnancy and childbirth, we will support the cost of cryopreservation with cooperation in the survey as a requirement.
As a countermeasure for the declining birthrate and child-rearing, the metropolitan government will include approximately 1.6 trillion yen in the new fiscal year's budget proposal, which is 200 billion yen more than this year.
Governor Koike said, "The number of births nationwide is steadily declining, and I feel that there is no time to wait. We will work on these measures comprehensively and continuously to put the brakes on the declining birthrate." I would like to implement bold measures based on the determination to stop the deterioration."
Expansion of support measures for those who want to have two or more children
As part of measures against the declining birthrate, the metropolitan government has expanded the scope of support for childcare fees for children up to the age of two, which had previously incurred a partial burden, and will make the second and subsequent children completely free of charge.
About childcare fees such as nursery schools, from 3 years old to 5 years old, it has been free from the government subsidy for 4 years.
On the other hand, children up to the age of 2 were free of charge only for households exempt from residential tax.
For this reason, in addition to the national subsidy, the metropolitan government made the
third and subsequent children fully free, and
▽ paid half the cost for the second child.
This time, the metropolitan government has decided to make the second child completely free of charge, in an effort to expand support measures for those who want to have two or more children.
The targets are
▽ private and public nursery schools and
▽ children who go to support centers for disabled children, etc., and the
city will include 11 billion yen in the new year's budget so that it can start from October this year. .