Compliance with the 12-month rule for asylum seekers is ensured using information from the Swedish Migration Agency, which gives the average share of people registered in the reception system from low and middle income countries who have been in the reception system for a maximum of one year. This share is multiplied by the total asylum reception costs in the relevant budget appropriations. The average share is with respect to the total number of individuals registered in the receptions system during the year. The total number of registered individuals also includes, for example, individuals who have been registered as asylum seekers for more than one year. See question 5, table 1, for more details on the how the average shares (proportions aid) are counted for different budget appropriations.<br />Costs in expenditure area 8 ‘Migration’ are based on average numbers of people registered who have been in the Swedish Migration Agency’s reception system less than 12 months and meet the OECD DAC aid criteria (see question 5). For costs in expenditure area 14 ‘Labour market and working life’, the average time a former asylum seeker spent in the Swedish Migration Agency’s reception system is excluded from the 12-month period. In expenditure area 14 ‘Labour market and working life’, introduction benefit, which is counted as aid, is multiplied by a maximum of 365 days for people in need of protection who are family members of people granted asylum, and quota refugees.