Disbursement Arrangement

Basic Vetting Criteria

The application for cash allowance is based on the particulars of the applicant and his/her family member(s) in the corresponding PRH application.
The amount of the cash allowance to be disbursed will depend on the number of family members in the PRH application who have met all eligibility criteria for the cash allowance.

Cash Allowance Levels

No. of Eligible Members in the Household	Amounts of Monthly Cash Allowance
1	$1,300
2	$2,250
3	$2,700
4	$3,050
5	$3,350
6 or above	$3,900

Cash Allowance Disbursement

Successful households will receive the cash allowance on a monthly basis via bank transfer.
If households receiving the cash allowance need to update the bank account details, please fill in and submit the Information Update Form CAS-2E to the Cash Allowance Office.

Start Month of Cash Allowance

The start month for calculating cash allowance will be determined by the month that the PRH GA household has met all eligibility criteria, or the submission month of the completed Application Form, whichever is later, with 1 July 2021 being the earliest start date. The cash allowance is calculated from the first date of the relevant month.

Example (1): A household has its PRH application registered on 6 September 2018. This household will have waited for PRH for more than three years on 6 September 2021, and hence will have met the requirement of “having been waiting for PRH for more than three years” from September 2021. If this household has met all eligibility criteria and submitted the Application Form in the same month, the start month for calculating cash allowance for this household, upon approval of the application, will be September 2021.

Example (2): A household has met all eligibility criteria on 13 July 2021, and submitted the completed Application Form on the same date. The disbursement of cash allowance for this household, upon approval of the application, will be counted from 1 July 2021.

Example (3): A household has met all eligibility criteria on 13 July 2021, and submitted the completed Application Form on 10 August 2021. According to the “whichever is later” principle, the Cash Allowance Office will use August 2021 as the start month for calculating cash allowance of the approved application. Hence the disbursement of cash allowance for this household will be counted from 1 August 2021.

Review

If an applicant wishes to lodge a request for reviewing the application for the cash allowance, the applicant must fill in the Application Review Form (CAS-5E), and submit it within the specified timeframe to the Cash Allowance Office together with supporting document(s) as sufficient justifications. Late submissions will not be considered.
The decision made by the Cash Allowance Office in respect of the review of the application shall be final.

For details, please refer to the Application Guide of the Cash Allowance Trial Scheme.