Written Answer

Gender Breakdown of Workfare Income Supplement Recipients in Last Three Years

5 July 2021 · Ministry of Manpower

Speakers

Tan See Leng (Minister for Manpower and Second Minister for Trade and Industry) Carrie Tan

Transcript

84 Ms Carrie Tan asked the Minister for Manpower in each of the last three years, what is the gender breakdown of all recipients of the Workfare Income Supplement.

Dr Tan See Leng: From 2017 to 2019, about 210,000 or half of all Workfare recipients each year were female¹.