Persons Convicted of Assaulting Children in Learning Centres

7 Ms Carrie Tan asked the Minister for Home Affairs in each of the past 10 years (a) how many persons have been convicted of assaulting children; and (b) how many of the convicted persons are personnel of service providers to children, such as schools, learning centres, tuition centres and enrichment centres.

Mr K Shanmugam: Between 2013 and 2022, there were 1,794 persons convicted of serious hurt offences, ill-treatment and sexual offences against children under the age of 16. Of these, about 2% were working in educational settings, such as schools, learning centres, tuition centres and enrichment centres, at the time of the offence.

The yearly breakdown is in the table below.