Parent-care Leave Taken by Public Servants

1 Mr Louis Ng Kok Kwang asked the Prime Minister for each year from 2019 (a) what are the number and percentage of public servants who take at least one day of parent-care leave; and (b) what are the average and median number of days of parent-care leave taken by public servants.

Mr Chan Chun Sing (for the Prime Minister): From 2019 to 2022, on average each year, about 42,400 officers or 50% of eligible officers in the Civil Service took at least one day of parent-care leave. The mean and median number of days of parent-care leave taken were 1.8 days and two days respectively.