Written Answer to PQ on AI Capability Building Support

NOTICE PAPER NO. 1280 OF 2026 FOR THE SITTING ON OR AFTER 9 SEPTEMBER 2026
QUESTION NO. 2036 FOR WRITTEN ANSWER

MP: Ms He Ting Ru

To ask the Acting Minister for Manpower in each of the last four quarters (a) how much support was disbursed to employers under workforce and enterprise development schemes for artificial intelligence capability building; (b) what proportion this represented of total support paid to employers; and (c) which sectors received the highest amounts of such support.

Answer:

The Government supports companies to build artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities through a range of enterprise and workforce transformation schemes. These include schemes that specifically strengthen enterprise capabilities in AI, such as the Enterprise Compute Initiative (ECI), as well as broader programmes like the Productivity Solutions Grant (PSG), the Enterprise Development Grant (EDG), and the Enterprise Workforce Transformation Package (EWTP), which support projects that help firms to upgrade, innovate, grow and transform their business, including AI projects. These schemes are available to Singapore-based firms, across all sectors.

2. For AI-specific schemes, we track the projects supported and the grant support provided. As some of these schemes, such as ECI and Champions of AI, were only launched in 2025 or 2026, it is too early to provide meaningful disbursement figures. We will be able to report these after the schemes have been running for a longer period and more projects have been completed.

3. For broader schemes, AI adoption is often embedded within wider business transformation projects, and we therefore account for the support as part of the overall project. Where relevant, we can identify projects involving AI, but the total grant support would not represent funding for the AI component alone.