Debated in Parliament on 5 Nov 2025.
Ms Elysa Chen asked the Minister for Social and Family Development (a) what is the current return rate to the ComCare programme among families who have exited the programme; and (b) how this differs between ComLink+ and non-ComLink+ families.
Fifty-four percent of ComCare Short-to-Medium Term Assistance (SMTA) households that exited SMTA in 2020 returned within 36 months.
This data is available in the Ministry of Social and Family Development's Supporting Lower-Income Households Trends Report 2024 at https://go.gov.sg/msflowerincomereport2024.
ComLink+ was only rolled out to eligible families in 2023. The SMTA return rate for ComLink+ families is therefore not available.