Parliament Questions & Replies

Number of Singaporeans Who Have Been Provided Childcare, Pre-school and After-school Care Subsidies

15 Oct 2020

To ask the Minister for Social and Family Development (a) what is the Development (a) what is the current number of Singaporeans who have been provided with childcare/pre-school and after-school care subsidies respectively, broken down by (i) income group (ii) amount of subsidy and (iii) the after-subsidy fee they are paying; (b) whether the Ministry will extend the subsidies to non-working mothers who look after other elder children in the family; and (c) whether the Ministry will review the subsidies given by ECDA centres in providing childcare/pre-school and after-school care and also consider eliminating means testing so that all parents pay a uniform fee.

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