Comparison Rate between Non-ComLink+ Families and Returning Families Previously under ComLink+

37 Ms Elysa Chen asked the Minister for Social and Family Development (a) what is the current return rate to the ComCare programme among families who have exited the programme; and (b) how this differs between ComLink+ and non-ComLink+ families.

Mr Masagos Zulkifli B M M: Fifty-four percent of ComCare Short-to-Medium Term Assistance (SMTA) households that exited SMTA in 2020 returned within 36 months.

This data is available in the Ministry of Social and Family Development's Supporting Lower-Income Households Trends Report 2024 at https://go.gov.sg/msflowerincomereport2024.

ComLink+ was only rolled out to eligible families in 2023. The SMTA return rate for ComLink+ families is therefore not available.