Debated in Parliament on 4 Sep 2020.
The following statements were in the reply given by the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance (Mr Heng Swee Keat) during Question Time for the Parliamentary Question "Data on Employees who have been Supported by Jobs Support Scheme" at the Sitting on 4 September 2020:
Since the introduction of the Jobs Support Scheme or JSS at the Unity Budget in February, over $16 billion of payouts have been disbursed to more than 150,000 employers. This has helped to support the wages of over two million local workers. $15.5 billion of the JSS payouts went to SMEs. This accounts for 73% of the local workers supported by the JSS. [Please refer to "Data on Employees who have been Supported by Jobs Support Scheme", Official Report, 4 September 2020, Vol 95, Issue No 6, Oral Answers to Questions section.]
Written statement by Mr Heng Swee Keat circulated with leave of the Speaker in accordance with Standing Order No 29 (5):
I wish to make the following factual correction to the reply given during Question Time for the Parliamentary Question "Data on Employees who have been Supported by Jobs Support Scheme" at the Sitting on 4 September 2020. My reply should read as follows:
Since the introduction of the Jobs Support Scheme or JSS at the Unity Budget in February, over $16 billion of payouts have been disbursed to more than 150,000 employers. This has helped to support the wages of over two million local workers. $10.5 billion of the JSS payouts went to SMEs. This accounts for 73% of the local workers supported by the JSS.
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