Written Answer

New Admissions to Remand Homes and Places of Detention Living in Public Rental Flats

2 March 2023 · Ministry of Social and Family Development

Speakers

Louis Ng Kok Kwang Masagos Zulkifli B M M (Minister for Social and Family Development, Second Minister for Health and Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs)

Transcript

5 Mr Louis Ng Kok Kwang asked the Minister for Social and Family Development for each year in the past five years, of the new admissions to (i) remand homes and (ii) places of detention (a) what percentage of these children live in public rental flats; and (b) whether the Ministry intends to collect this data if such data is unavailable.

Mr Masagos Zulkifli B M M: MSF Youth Homes (Singapore Boys' Home and Singapore Girls' Home) serve as a remand home and a place of detention for children and young persons (CYPs). On average, about 28% of the newly admitted CYPs between 2018 and 2022 lived in public rental flats.