Debated in Parliament on 13 May 2013.
Mr Nicholas Fang asked the Acting Minister for Culture, Community and Youth (a) what is the total number of sports administrators working in the national sports associations currently; (b) what is the total sum of funds allocated annually for the salaries of these administrators and what percentage does this form of the total sports budget each year; and (c) what benchmarks are used to determine those salaries.
There are a total of 358 sports administrators working in National Sports Associations (NSA). These comprise administrative and secretariat staff, as well as those involved in the high performance sports system, such as technical directors and coaches.
Funding for the manpower costs associated with these administrators account for $16 million, which is about 50% of the direct cash grants that NSAs receive from Singapore Sports Council (SSC) annually. This constitutes about 7% of the total annual sports operating budget, excluding the Sports Hub. How much funding each NSA receives for manpower costs is determined based on a market benchmark which SSC uses for its own staff. However, this is for budgeting purposes only and the specific salaries of the NSA sports administrators are decided by each individual NSA, several of which supplement salaries using funds raised through corporate sponsorship.
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