2026-05-262025/26:SoU29 · p.3SoUHealth & social services
Risk of unserious actors
The risk of disreputable providers in the activity requirement's workplace-based activities
What's at stake: Because several municipalities will likely need to bring in private providers to offer a sufficient variety of activities, there is a risk that disreputable providers seek out this work, which could affect people dependent on social assistance and undermine trust in the reform.
Case texts and AI reasoning are AI-translated from the Swedish originals; the Swedish text is authoritative.
What the vote decides
The question is whether the government should be specifically required to bring forward proposals ensuring that workplace-based activities under the activity requirement cannot be exploited by disreputable providers or organised crime, or whether municipalities' responsibility for engaging providers is already a sufficient safeguard.
Yes Yes — the committee proposal
In line with the government, the committee notes that several municipalities will likely not be able to provide a sufficient variety of activities on their own and will need to engage private providers, which brings a risk that disreputable providers seek out this work. The committee nonetheless sees municipalities' existing responsibility for engaging providers, within current rules, as sufficient, and does not propose any specific new legislation at this time.
No No — the reservations
Reservation 3 (S)
The reservation (S) wants the government, during the reform's implementation phase, to ensure that organised crime is kept out of activities linked to the reform, and to come back to the Riksdag with proposals ensuring that workplace-based activities cannot be exploited by disreputable providers or actors linked to organised crime.
Summarised from the committee report. Party labels in the summary come from the report, not from the vote.
What do the votes mean here?
Yes The committee proposal: rejecting the motions (keeping things as they are).
No Backing the counter-proposal: reservation 3 by S.
Abstain The party marks a position of its own that is not one of the two final alternatives.
What each plan points to — and how the party voted
For each party: the vote its own election manifesto and party programme point to in this case, next to how the party actually voted. A plan can only point to Yes or No; a party can also abstain.
| Plan | Vote | Confidence | Evidence | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| V | No | Abstain 0/0/21/0 | departs from the plan | confidence: high | derived |
| S | No | No 0/106/0/0 | follows the plan | confidence: high | explicit |
| MP | No | Yes 18/0/0/0 | departs from the plan | confidence: medium | not addressed |
| C | No | Yes 24/0/0/0 | departs from the plan | confidence: medium | not addressed |
| L | No | Yes 16/0/0/0 | departs from the plan | confidence: medium | derived |
| KD | No | Yes 19/0/0/0 | departs from the plan | confidence: medium | derived |
| M | No | Yes 65/0/0/1 | departs from the plan | confidence: medium | not addressed |
| SD | No | Yes 69/0/0/1 | departs from the plan | confidence: high | derived |
Committee proposal
The Riksdag rejects motion 2025/26:4016 by Fredrik Lundh Sammeli et al. (S) demand 1.
Original (Swedish)
Riksdagen avslår motion 2025/26:4016 av Fredrik Lundh Sammeli m.fl. (S) yrkande 1.
Riksdag decision: Those who receive subsistence assistance shall participate in activities for the time that is not spent on, for example, seeking work or studying. The Riksdag approved the government's proposal on activity requirements as a condition for subsistence assistance. The activity requirement aims, among other things, to counteract social exclusion and to utilize available labor. Persons who have received subsistence assistance for at least three consecutive months shall be covered by the requirement. The government's proposal includes a number of exceptions for when the activity requirement shall not apply, for example for those under 18 years of age, those who have sick leave, or those who are on parental leave with children under one year of age. The legislative changes on activity requirements enter into force on 1 July 2026.
Counter-proposals
- The counter-proposal wants to ensure that organized crime is excluded from activities linked to the reform. (S) — Reservation 3
Plan vs actual vote
Every party, in chamber order: what its own plan pointed to, how it voted, and the reasoning behind both. Highlighted rows are where the two differ — but a vote that follows the plan is a result too, so the reasoning is there for every party.
The election manifesto states that privatization of welfare opens the door for criminals to profit from public funds, and the party programme wants effective oversight of organized economic crime and measures against disreputable companies.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The election manifesto states that privatization of welfare opens the door for criminals to profit from public funds, and the party programme wants effective oversight of organized economic crime and measures against disreputable companies. Placing activities with private providers without special safeguards is precisely the risk the plan points out. Therefore, the plan supports the counter-proposal's demand for measures against disreputable actors.
Original (Swedish)
Valmanifestet slår fast att privatiseringar av välfärden öppnar för kriminella att sko sig på skattemedel, och partiprogrammet vill ha effektiv uppföljning av den organiserade ekonomiska brottsligheten och ta itu med oseriösa företag. Att lägga aktiviteter hos privata utförare utan särskilda skyddsregler är precis den risk planen pekar ut. Planen stöder därför motförslagets krav på åtgärder mot oseriösa aktörer.
- privatization opens the door for crimedecisive»Privatiseringarna av välfärden öppnar upp för kriminella att sko sig på skattemedel.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Privatizations of welfare open the door for criminals to profit from public funds.”
- against organized economic crime»Det behövs en effektiv uppföljning av den organiserade« (party programme ↗)“Effective oversight of organized”
- address disreputable companies»Vi vill också stärka arbetsrätten och ta itu med oseriösa« (party programme ↗)“We also want to strengthen labour law and address disreputable”
- economic crime has serious consequences»Ekonomisk brottslighet i företag leder till allvarliga konsekvenser,« (party programme ↗)“Economic crime in business leads to serious consequences,”
The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.
The plan establishes that welfare crime shall be halted and requires strong action against workplace criminality, where public procurers shall be the model for fair competition.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The plan establishes that welfare crime shall be halted and requires strong action against workplace criminality, where public procurers shall be the model for fair competition. Ensuring that workplace-based activities cannot be exploited by unserious actors or organized crime is precisely that commitment. The plan also wants to abolish systems that lead to leakage of public funds.
Original (Swedish)
Planen slår fast att välfärdsbrottslighet ska stoppas och kräver krafttag mot arbetslivskriminalitet, där offentliga upphandlare ska vara föredömen för sund konkurrens. Att säkerställa att arbetsplatsförlagda aktiviteter inte kan utnyttjas av oseriösa aktörer eller organiserad brottslighet är precis det åtagandet. Planen vill också avskaffa system som leder till läckage av skattemedel.
- halted welfare crimedecisive»Skattefusk, välfärdsbrottslighet och penningtvätt ska stoppas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Tax fraud, welfare crime and money laundering shall be halted.”
- strong action against workplace criminality»Krafttag mot arbetslivskriminaliteten. Arbetslivs kriminalitet ska inte finnas på svensk arbetsmarknad och offentliga arbetsgivare och upphandlare ska vara föredömen i att verka för en sund konkurrens.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Strong action against workplace criminality. Workplace criminality shall not exist on the Swedish labour market and public employers and procurers shall be the model in working for fair competition.”
- combated labour market criminality»Bekämpande av kriminalitet på arbetsmarknaden.« (party programme ↗)“Combating criminality on the labour market.”
- halt to leakage of public funds»Avskaffande av system som leder till bristande kontroll, läckage av skattemedel,« (party programme ↗)“Abolition of systems that lead to lack of control, leakage of public funds,”
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The plan wants to strengthen efforts against the criminal economy and for the authorities to be able to strike at organised crime's businesses from multiple directions, so that it becomes expensive and difficult to be criminal.
Plan documents: party programme · 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The plan wants to strengthen efforts against the criminal economy and for the authorities to be able to strike at organised crime's businesses from multiple directions, so that it becomes expensive and difficult to be criminal. That publicly funded activities can be exploited by disreputable actors is precisely such a financing channel. The counter-proposal's requirement for measures that exclude organised crime is thus in line with the plan.
Original (Swedish)
Planen vill stärka arbetet mot den kriminella ekonomin och att myndigheterna ska kunna slå till mot den organiserade brottslighetens företag från flera håll, så att det blir dyrt och svårt att vara kriminell. Att offentligt finansierade aktiviteter kan utnyttjas av oseriösa aktörer är precis en sådan finansieringskanal. Motförslagets krav på åtgärder som stänger ute organiserad brottslighet ligger därför i linje med planen.
- cut off criminal economydecisive»Vi vill också stärka arbetet mot den kriminella ekonomin.« (party programme ↗)“We also want to strengthen efforts against the criminal economy.”
- authority cooperation against gangs»stärka myndighetssamverkan så att myndigheterna kan slå till mot den organiserade brottslighetens företag från flera håll« (2022 manifesto ↗)“strengthen cooperation between authorities so that the authorities can strike at organised crime's businesses from multiple directions”
- unprofitable crime»Det ska vara dyrt, jobbigt och svårt att vara kriminell.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“It shall be expensive, difficult and hard to be criminal.”
The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.
The plan demands crackdowns on gangs and wants to investigate how their income can be choked off, as well as crackdowns on crimes against businesses.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The plan demands crackdowns on gangs and wants to investigate how their income can be choked off, as well as crackdowns on crimes against businesses. Excluding organized crime from publicly financed activities follows directly from that commitment and furthermore protects fair competition. The plan does not mention the activity requirement specifically, so the conclusion is derived.
Original (Swedish)
Planen kräver krafttag mot gängen och vill utreda hur deras inkomster kan strypas, liksom krafttag mot brott som drabbar företag. Att stänga ute organiserad brottslighet från offentligt finansierade aktiviteter följer direkt av det åtagandet och skyddar dessutom den sunda konkurrensen. Planen nämner inte just aktivitetskravet, varför slutsatsen är härledd.
- choke off gang incomedecisive»Samhället ska inte vika sig för gängen. För att besegra dem krävs bättre insatser som förebygger nyrekrytering, mer resurser till polis, åklagare, domstolar och kriminalvården och strängare straff. Dessutom bör en utredning om gängens inkomster och hur dessa kan strypas genomföras.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Society shall not cave in to gangs. To defeat them requires better measures that prevent re-recruitment, more resources for police, prosecutors, courts and the penal system and stricter sentences. Furthermore, an investigation should be conducted into gang income and how it can be choked off.”
- crackdown on crimes against businesses»krafttag mot brott emot företag« (2022 manifesto ↗)“crackdown on crimes against businesses”
- fair competition»Konkurrens är en viktig drivkraft för utvecklingen av marknadsekonomin.« (party programme ↗)“Competition is an important driving force for the development of the market economy.”
- public funds shall be used correctly»Politiken ska hushålla med skattebetalarnas pengar.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Policy shall be a good steward of taxpayers' money.”
The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.
The plan establishes that no tax funds shall go to operations that work against fundamental democratic values and wants to strengthen the follow-up of grant-giving.
Plan documents: party programme · 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The plan establishes that no tax funds shall go to operations that work against fundamental democratic values and wants to strengthen the follow-up of grant-giving. It also requires that providers with serious shortcomings shall not be allowed to run operations. The counter-proposal's requirement to lock out organised crime from workplace-based activities follows from these commitments.
Original (Swedish)
Planen slår fast att inga skattemedel ska gå till verksamheter som motarbetar grundläggande demokratiska värderingar och vill stärka uppföljningen av bidragsgivning. Den kräver också att utförare med allvarliga brister inte ska få bedriva verksamhet. Motförslagets krav på att stänga ute organiserad brottslighet från arbetsplatsförlagda aktiviteter följer av dessa åtaganden.
- no tax funds to criminalsdecisive»Inga skattemedel ska gå till verksamheter som vill förändra det demokratiska samhället med våld eller på annat sätt motarbetar grundläggande demokratiska värderingar.« (party programme ↗)“No tax funds shall go to operations that want to change the democratic society by violence or otherwise work against fundamental democratic values.”
- strengthened follow-up of grants»Vi vill både stärka uppföljningen av bidragsgivning och stoppa dold finansiering av trossamfund så att de inte blir verktyg för extremistiska krafter.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want both to strengthen the follow-up of grant-giving and stop covert financing of religious communities so they do not become tools for extremist forces.”
- disreputable providers shut out»Den utförare som håller otillräcklig kvalitet eller gör sig skyldig till allvarliga brister ska inte ha tillstånd att bedriva verksamhet.« (party programme ↗)“The provider that maintains insufficient quality or is guilty of serious shortcomings shall not be permitted to run operations.”
- sound procurement»Offentlig upphandling ska ske på sätt som ger skattebetalarna låga kostnader, hög kvalitet, säkrar likabehandling och stimulerar konkurrens.« (party programme ↗)“Public procurement shall be done in ways that give taxpayers low costs, high quality, secures equal treatment and stimulates competition.”
The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.
The party programme gives the state the role of overseeing that legislation and good ethics are maintained on the market and requires that all crimes be effectively prosecuted.
Plan documents: party programme · 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The party programme gives the state the role of overseeing that legislation and good ethics are maintained on the market and requires that all crimes be effectively prosecuted. That organized crime would be able to earn money on workplace-based activities is against this. The counter-proposal's demand to exclude such actors thereby lies in line with the plan, which also wants authorities to be able to share information to prevent crime.
Original (Swedish)
Partiprogrammet ger staten rollen att övervaka att lagstiftning och god etik upprätthålls på marknaden och kräver att alla brott effektivt beivras. Att organiserad brottslighet skulle kunna tjäna pengar på arbetsplatsförlagda aktiviteter strider mot detta. Motförslagets krav på att utestänga sådana aktörer ligger därför i linje med planen, som också vill att myndigheter kan dela uppgifter för att förebygga brott.
- the state oversees good ethicsdecisive»Statens roll i näringspolitiken är att övervaka att lagstiftningen och en god etik upprätthålls på marknaden.« (party programme ↗)“The state's role in business policy is to oversee that legislation and good ethics are maintained on the market.”
- all crime shall be prosecuted»Alla brott ska effektivt och utan undantag beivras, också sådana som kan avfärdas som smärre brott och förseelser.« (party programme ↗)“All crime shall be effectively and without exception prosecuted, also such as may be dismissed as minor crime and offences.”
- oppose unfair competition»En effektiv konkurrenspolitik motverkar oligopol, monopol och illojal konkurrens.« (party programme ↗)“An effective competition policy opposes oligopolies, monopolies and unfair competition.”
- authority cooperation against crime»Total översyn av sekretessreglerna, så att myndigheter kan dela uppgifter mellan sig för att förebygga och klara upp brott.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“A complete review of secrecy regulations, so that authorities can share information with each other to prevent and clear up crime.”
The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.
The plan establishes that tax money should go to welfare and not end up in the pockets of criminals, and wants to both stop payments of tax money to extremists and introduce a benefits stop for gang criminals.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The plan establishes that tax money should go to welfare and not end up in the pockets of criminals, and wants to both stop payments of tax money to extremists and introduce a benefits stop for gang criminals. The counter-proposal's demand that organised crime be shut out from workplace-based activities follows directly from that line. The plan also points out that around 20 billion kronor each year disappears to fraudsters and criminals.
Original (Swedish)
Planen slår fast att skattepengar ska gå till välfärd och inte hamna i fickorna på kriminella, och vill både stoppa utbetalningar av skattemedel till extremister och införa ett bidragsstopp för gängkriminella. Motförslagets krav på att organiserad brottslighet stängs ute från de arbetsplatsförlagda aktiviteterna följer direkt av den linjen. Planen pekar också på att omkring 20 miljarder kronor varje år försvinner till fuskare och kriminella.
- tax money not to criminalsdecisive»Där dina skattepengar används till fler lärare och poliser i stället för att hamna i fickorna på kriminella.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Where your tax money is used for more teachers and police instead of ending up in criminals' pockets.”
- stop tax money to disreputable»Stoppa utbetalningar av skattemedel till extremister« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Stop payments of tax money to extremists”
- extensive welfare crime(2022 manifesto)
- exclude criminals from benefits»Införa ett bidragsstopp för gängkriminella och göra det enklare att vräka dem« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Introduce a benefits stop for gang criminals and make it easier to evict them”
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The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.
The plan requires that welfare crime be stopped, that fraud and systems that invite fraud and corruption be counteracted, and that the power of clans and organized crime within the public sector be combated.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The plan requires that welfare crime be stopped, that fraud and systems that invite fraud and corruption be counteracted, and that the power of clans and organized crime within the public sector be combated. The counter-proposal's demands to exclude actors connected to organized crime from workplace-based activities follow directly from these commitments. The plan does not address this specific reform, so the position is derived.
Original (Swedish)
Planen kräver att välfärdsbrottsligheten stoppas, att fusk och system som lockar till fusk och korruption motverkas och att klanernas och den organiserade brottslighetens makt inom det offentliga bekämpas. Motförslagets krav på att utestänga aktörer kopplade till organiserad brottslighet från arbetsplatsförlagda aktiviteter följer direkt av dessa åtaganden. Planen behandlar inte just denna reform, varför ställningstagandet härleds.
- stop welfare crimedecisive»Stoppa välfärdsbrottsligheten inom socialförsäkringen« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Stop welfare crime within social insurance”
- counteract fraud and corruption»Både fusk och sådana system som tenderar att locka till fusk och korruption ska motverkas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Both fraud and systems that tend to invite fraud and corruption should be counteracted.”
- against organized crime»Motverka klanernas makt, både inom det offentliga och inom civilsamhället« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Counteract clans' power, both within the public sector and within civil society”
- toughened penalties for fraud»Skärpa straffen för fusk inom välfärdssystemen« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Tighten penalties for fraud within welfare systems”
The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.
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Sources and documents
- The committee report on riksdagen.se (2025/26:SoU29)
- Committee report full text (HD01SoU29)
- Per-MP voting data (API)
- Case status (API)
Documents under consideration
- Motion 2025/26:4016 — med anledning av prop. 2025/26:207 Aktivitetskrav för mottagare av försörjningsstöd av Fredrik Lundh Sammeli m.fl. (S)
- Motion 2025/26:4027 — med anledning av prop. 2025/26:207 Aktivitetskrav för mottagare av försörjningsstöd av Maj Karlsson m.fl. (V)
- Motion 2025/26:4032 — med anledning av prop. 2025/26:207 Aktivitetskrav för mottagare av försörjningsstöd av Christofer Bergenblock m.fl. (C)
- Proposition 2025/26:207 — Aktivitetskrav för mottagare av försörjningsstöd
Source: The Swedish Parliament