Number of Households Qualified for Foreign Domestic Worker Levy Concession under Aged Person Scheme

Debated in Parliament on 8 Jul 2019.

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Mr Sitoh Yih Pin asked the Minister for Manpower about the number of households with a 65-year-old family member that qualified for the foreign domestic worker levy concession under the aged person scheme in 2017 and 2018, how many used the concession, and how the proportion of qualified households changed after the qualifying age increased to 67 in April 2019.
As of May 2019, 69,251 households with a foreign domestic worker received the levy concession, which was higher than the 65,541 in 2018 and 61,811 in 2017.
The concession was automatically granted to all eligible households that had applied for and were approved to employ a foreign domestic worker.

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Sitoh Yih Pin

Mr Sitoh Yih Pin asked the Minister for Manpower (a) in 2017 and 2018 respectively, how many households with a 65-year-old family member were qualified for the foreign domestic worker levy concession under the aged person scheme; (b) how many of those households had utilised the concession; and (c) following the increase of the qualifying age to 67 years old on 1 April 2019, how does the current proportion of qualified households compare with those in (a).

Mrs Josephine Teo

As of end May 2019, 69,251 households with an foreign domestic worker (FDW) were given the FDW levy concession under the aged person scheme. This is considerably higher than the 65,541 and 61,811 households in 2018 and 2017 respectively. Levy concession was granted automatically to all eligible households1 which had applied for and were allowed to employ an FDW.

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Mr Sitoh Yih Pin asked the Minister for Manpower about the number of households with a 65-year-old family member that qualified for the foreign domestic worker levy concession under the aged person scheme in 2017 and 2018, how many used the concession, and how the proportion of qualified households changed after the qualifying age increased to 67 in April 2019.
As of May 2019, 69,251 households with a foreign domestic worker received the levy concession, which was higher than the 65,541 in 2018 and 61,811 in 2017.
The concession was automatically granted to all eligible households that had applied for and were approved to employ a foreign domestic worker.

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Number of Households Qualified for Foreign Domestic Worker Levy Concession under Aged Person Scheme

Debated in Parliament on 8 Jul 2019.

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Mr Sitoh Yih Pin asked the Minister for Manpower about the number of households with a 65-year-old family member that qualified for the foreign domestic worker levy concession under the aged person scheme in 2017 and 2018, how many used the concession, and how the proportion of qualified households changed after the qualifying age increased to 67 in April 2019.
As of May 2019, 69,251 households with a foreign domestic worker received the levy concession, which was higher than the 65,541 in 2018 and 61,811 in 2017.
The concession was automatically granted to all eligible households that had applied for and were approved to employ a foreign domestic worker.

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Mr Sitoh Yih Pin asked the Minister for Manpower about the number of households with a 65-year-old family member that qualified for the foreign domestic worker levy concession under the aged person scheme in 2017 and 2018, how many used the concession, and how the proportion of qualified households changed after the qualifying age increased to 67 in April 2019.
As of May 2019, 69,251 households with a foreign domestic worker received the levy concession, which was higher than the 65,541 in 2018 and 61,811 in 2017.
The concession was automatically granted to all eligible households that had applied for and were approved to employ a foreign domestic worker.

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