年内一括給付、無条件で容認　「１０万円」で岸田首相一転

　岸田文雄首相は１３日の衆院予算委員会で、１８歳以下への１０万円相当の給付をめぐり、地方自治体が一括での現金支給を希望した場合に容認する考えを示し、「特定の条件を付け、審査をすることはない」と語った。５万円分はクーポン支給を原則としてきたが、全額現金を求める自治体が相次ぎ、方針転換を迫られた。
　首相は質疑で「地域の実情に応じ、年内からでも１０万円の現金を一括で給付することも選択肢の一つに加えたい」と明言。さらに２０２１年度補正予算案の審議中に自治体が現金一括給付を決めた場合でも、「事後に補助金を交付する」と表明した。（2021/12/13-17:31）

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Monday that municipalities will be allowed to provide 100,000 yen in benefits per child aged 18 or younger in a cash lump sum without conditions.
   Speaking at a meeting of the Budget Committee of the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of parliament, Kishida said that municipalities "will not be inspected (on the handouts) under any new conditions."
   With many municipalities calling for lump sum cash handouts, the Kishida government made a policy change from the benefit program's initial plan for handing out 50,000 yen of the 100,000 yen in the form of vouchers in principle.
   "Depending on their situation, municipalities will be given the option to provide 100,000 yen in cash in a lump sum from as early as the end of this year," Kishida said.
   He also promised that the central government will provide subsidies afterward if municipalities decide to pay the benefits in cash in one go when a fiscal 2021 supplementary budget that includes funds for the handout program is still under deliberation in parliament.