Foreign Worker Levies Collected and Workfare Income Supplement Disbursed

Debated in Parliament on 12 Nov 2012.

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Gan Thiam Poh asked about the amounts of foreign worker levies collected and Workfare Income Supplement disbursed over the past two years, and whether the levies funded the WIS for Singaporean workers.
Tan Chuan-Jin stated that foreign worker levies collected were S$2.5 billion in FY2011 and S$1.9 billion in FY2010, and these are not ring-fenced but go into the Consolidated Fund.
The Workfare Income Supplement disbursed about S$400 million each for work years 2010 and 2011 to support older low-wage workers.
All government revenue, including foreign worker levies, funds general expenditures such as the WIS scheme, but the levies are not specifically allocated to WIS.

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Gan Thiam Poh

Mr Gan Thiam Poh asked the Acting Minister for Manpower (a) what are the amounts of foreign worker levies collected and Workfare Income Supplement disbursed respectively for the past two years; and (b) whether the foreign worker levies have funded the Workfare Income Supplement to benefit Singaporean workers.

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Tan Chuan-Jin

The total foreign worker levies collected were S$2.5 billion for the Financial Year 2011 and S$1.9 billion for the Financial Year 2010. Similar to other sources of Government revenue, the foreign worker levies are not ringfenced for any specific purposes. All Government revenue collected would go into the Consolidated Fund used to fund Government expenditures in general. This includes the Workfare Income Supplement (WIS) scheme which the Government introduced in 2007 to supplement the income and CPF savings of older low-wage workers while encouraging work. For work done in 2010 and 2011, about S$400 million has been given out in WIS for each work year.

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Gan Thiam Poh asked about the amounts of foreign worker levies collected and Workfare Income Supplement disbursed over the past two years, and whether the levies funded the WIS for Singaporean workers.
Tan Chuan-Jin stated that foreign worker levies collected were S$2.5 billion in FY2011 and S$1.9 billion in FY2010, and these are not ring-fenced but go into the Consolidated Fund.
The Workfare Income Supplement disbursed about S$400 million each for work years 2010 and 2011 to support older low-wage workers.
All government revenue, including foreign worker levies, funds general expenditures such as the WIS scheme, but the levies are not specifically allocated to WIS.

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Foreign Worker Levies Collected and Workfare Income Supplement Disbursed

Debated in Parliament on 12 Nov 2012.

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Gan Thiam Poh asked about the amounts of foreign worker levies collected and Workfare Income Supplement disbursed over the past two years, and whether the levies funded the WIS for Singaporean workers.
Tan Chuan-Jin stated that foreign worker levies collected were S$2.5 billion in FY2011 and S$1.9 billion in FY2010, and these are not ring-fenced but go into the Consolidated Fund.
The Workfare Income Supplement disbursed about S$400 million each for work years 2010 and 2011 to support older low-wage workers.
All government revenue, including foreign worker levies, funds general expenditures such as the WIS scheme, but the levies are not specifically allocated to WIS.

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Gan Thiam Poh asked about the amounts of foreign worker levies collected and Workfare Income Supplement disbursed over the past two years, and whether the levies funded the WIS for Singaporean workers.
Tan Chuan-Jin stated that foreign worker levies collected were S$2.5 billion in FY2011 and S$1.9 billion in FY2010, and these are not ring-fenced but go into the Consolidated Fund.
The Workfare Income Supplement disbursed about S$400 million each for work years 2010 and 2011 to support older low-wage workers.
All government revenue, including foreign worker levies, funds general expenditures such as the WIS scheme, but the levies are not specifically allocated to WIS.

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