Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration
The Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration is a department of the government of Spain responsible for planning and carrying out the government policy on Social Security, foreigners, immigration and emigration.
Ministerio de Inclusión, Seguridad Social y Migraciones | |
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Formed | 13 January 2020 |
Preceding agency |
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Type | Ministry |
Jurisdiction | Government of Spain |
Annual budget | Approx. € 27 billion, 2019[1] More than 150 billion (Social Security Administration) |
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Website | www.inclusion.gob.es |
The Ministry's purpose is to guarantee a sufficient and sustainable pension system, to establish new inclusive policies that reduce inequality, uncertainty and social exclusion and to develop a new legal framework to order and give security for migrants.[2] The major policy planned by the ministry is to establish and manage a 'vital minimum income'.[3]
The department was created by Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez as part of the Sánchez II Government and it took on some of the responsibilities of the Ministry of Labour, Migrations and Social Security; as well as the responsibilities of the Ministry of Finance in civil servants' pensions. It is overseen by the Minister of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration, currently José Luis Escrivá, who was appointed on 13 January 2020.[4][5][6]
Structure
This Ministry is structured in the following higher bodies:[7]
- The Secretariat of State for Social Security and Pensions
- The Directorate-General for Social Security Management
- The Office of the Comptroller General of the Social Security
- The Secretariat of State for Migration
- The Directorate-General for Migration
- The Directorate-General for Inclusion and Humanitarian Attention
- The Deputy Directorate-General for Economic Planning and Management
- The General Secretariat for Objectives and Policies of Social Inclusion and Forecast
- The Deputy Directorate-General for Inclusion Objectives and Indicators
- The Deputy Directorate-General for Inclusion Policies
- The Undersecretariat
- The Technical General Secretariat
Agencies
- The National Institute for Social Security
- The Social Institute for Sea Workers
- The Social Security General Treasury
- The Social Security IT Department
- The Legal Service of the Social Security Administration
- The Permanent Observatory of Immigration
References
- "2018 Budget, extended to 2019" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-01-10.
- Congress of Deputies (27 February 2020). "Minutes of the Congressional Committee on Labour, Inclusion, Social Security and Migration" (PDF). Minutes of the Cortes Generales: 3–5.
- Martinez, Marta Rodriguez (2020-04-17). "Will universal basic income become a reality after lockdown is lifted?". euronews. Retrieved 2020-05-02.
- "El Gobierno contará con un nuevo ministerio de Seguridad Social, Inclusión y Migraciones". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 10 January 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
- "Sánchez creará un Ministerio de Seguridad Social, Inclusión y Migración". Cinco Días (in Spanish). 10 January 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
- "José Luis Escrivá, nuevo ministro de Seguridad Social, Inclusión y Migraciones". El Mundo (in Spanish). 10 January 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
- "Royal Decree 139/2020, of January 28, which establishes the basic organic structure of the ministerial departments". boe.es. Retrieved 2020-01-30.