Social benefits in kind (D.631)

4.105 Social benefits in kind are social transfers in kind intended to relieve the households from the financial burden of social risks or needs (see paragraph 4.84.). They can be subdivided into those where beneficiary households actually purchase the goods and services themselves and are then reimbursed, and those where the relevant services are provided directly to the beneficiaries. In this second case, general government unit or NPISHs produce or purchases, entirely or in part, goods and services which are directly provided by their producers to the beneficiaries.