Statistics on Households with at Least One Member over Age 65 Employing Foreign Domestic Workers from 2015 to 2018

Assoc Prof Walter Theseira asked the Minister for Manpower for each year from 2015 to 2018 and by disaggregated housing type (a) what is the number and proportion of households with at least one member over the age of 65 employing foreign domestic workers; and (b) how many of such households have received the Foreign Domestic Worker Grant.

From 2015 to 2018, the number and proportion of resident households with at least one member aged 65 and above, employing foreign domestic workers (FDW) are shown in Table 1.

Households with members aged 65 and above who are Singapore Citizens (SCs) pay the concessionary levy rate of $60 per month1 for the FDW they hire. In addition to this, the FDW Grant2 provides support for eligible families to hire an FDW to care for loved ones who require permanent assistance with at least three activities of daily living. As at December 2018, about 9,500 households caring for seniors, aged 65 and above, were receiving the FDW Grant.