Expansion of Household Services Scheme’s Pilot Programme to Include Child- and Elder-minding Services

54 Ms Yeo Wan Ling asked the Minister for Manpower whether an update can be provided on the Household Services Scheme’s pilot programme to expand its scope to include child-minding and elder-minding services.

Dr Tan See Leng: The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) launched a two-year pilot programme in March 2023 to expand the scope of the Household Services Scheme to include basic child-minding and elder-minding services. Twenty-five companies have joined the pilot programme. Among the companies that have started providing the expanded scope of services, half provide both child-minding and elder-minding services and the other half provide either child-minding or elder-minding services. These companies are currently providing such services to over 300 families. The pilot is still in the early stages, and we expect the participating companies to further scale up and expand their offerings in the coming months.

MOM will continue to monitor the pilot programme and market response through regular surveys with households and companies and assess the effectiveness of the scheme nearer the end of the pilot.