Anita Auerbach explains, Social protection is defined as government policies and programmes. They are designed to support people through out their life cycles.
Some systems (like social insurance) require specific payment into, where others are social assistance which is provided by the state without specific payments.
Social protection is designed to help people absorb the shocks from disasters or crises.
Further she introduced a UK system called the “Cold Weather Payment” systems, where during a cold snap, funds are automatically provided to elderly citizens. So it is not a new concept, as this has been around for 33 years