Written Answer to PQ on Number of discrimination complaints with breakdown by types of discrimination

NOTICE PAPER NO. 436 OF 2026 FOR THE SITTING ON 03 FEBRUARY 2026
QUESTION NO. 880 FOR WRITTEN ANSWER

MP: Patrick Tay Teck Guan

To ask the Minister for Manpower for each year from 2021 to 2025, what is the number of discrimination complaints received by the Ministry and the Tripartite Alliance for Fair and Progressive Employment Practices (TAFEP) with breakdown by types of discrimination.

Answer:

1. Between 2021 and 2025, the Tripartite Alliance for Fair and Progressive Employment Practices (TAFEP) received an average of 296 workplace discrimination complaints each year. The breakdown by type of discrimination complaints is in Table 1.

Table 1: Annual Average Number of Workplace Discrimination Complaints Received by TAFEP

Note: The number of complaints under each type of discrimination will not add up to the total number of complaints received as one complaint may involve multiple types of discrimination. For example, a complaint involving discrimination due to age and religion will be tracked as two complaints in the breakdown by types of discrimination.