The data requested from 2015 is not readily available and a script has to be written to retrieve information from Socpen. The Business Intelligence System used by SASSA for reporting was only commissioned in 2018. This has resulted in SASSA needing to retrieve historical data from Socpen.
It is also extremely difficult to separate cases where the reason for the change of care giver is attributed to abuse of the grant, as this information is not captured on the system. However, information will be provided on change of care givers which were processed.
The expected date by which this may be ready is 17 December 2021.