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Oral Answer by Minister of State for Manpower Ms Gan Siow Huang to PQ on FDW Entry Approval and Stay-Home Notice Dedicated Facility

Foreign manpower

NOTICE PAPER NO. 258 OF 2021 FOR THE SITTING ON 16 FEBRUARY 2021

QUESTION NO. 663 FOR ORAL ANSWER

 

MP: Mr Gan Thiam Poh

To ask the Minister for Manpower (a) since April 2020, how many Singaporeans and permanent residents who have applied for their foreign domestic workers (FDWs) to enter Singapore and are not successful, have appealed for their entry; and (b) how many Singaporeans and permanent residents have appealed for a waiver of the Stay-Home Notice Dedicated Facility accommodation cost for their FDWs. 


Answer:

  1. The population of Foreign Domestic Workers (FDWs) in Singapore has remained largely stable at around 250,000. From April 2020 to January 2021, the Ministry of Manpower approved around 25,000 requests for FDWs to enter Singapore. The FDWs took on work with new employers or replaced FDWs who had left employment and returned home. About 600 Singaporeans and permanent residents whose initial applications were not successful submitted appeals, and about 500 succeeded eventually to bring their FDWs to Singapore.

  2. Appeals by Singaporeans and permanent residents for waiver of the Stay-Home Notice Dedicated Facility cost for their FDWs are carefully reviewed. Taking into consideration household income and financial circumstances of the appellants, about 3,200 appeals were acceded to, constituting 13% of all entry approvals.