Written Answer to PQ on Number of employers and foreign students and trainees being involved in investigation for abuse of TEP scheme

NOTICE PAPER NO. 55 OF 2025 FOR THE SITTING ON 25 SEPTEMBER 2025
QUESTION NO. 433 FOR ORAL ANSWER

MP: Ms Elysa Chen

To ask the Minister for Manpower with regards to the reported abuses of the Training Employment Pass scheme (a) how many employers have been put under investigation since the beginning of 2023; and (b) how many foreign students and trainees have been involved in relation to these investigations.

Answer:

1. In 2023 and 2024, 230 employers involving 520 TEP holders were investigated for abuse of the Training Employment Pass (TEP) scheme.