14th Parliament Sittings
#9: 10-11 May 2021
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Louis asked the Minister for Social and Family Development for each year in the past five years, for each year in the past five years, what is the average social worker to case load ratio at family service centres; and (b) what is the optimal social worker to case load ratio based on the Ministry’s studies.
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Louis also asked for each year in the past five years with regard to funding provided to family service centres, what is the amount and percentage of funds respectively allocated to (i) casework (ii) group work and (iii) community work.
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Louis asked the Minister for Home Affairs what are the factors in the Ministry’s decision not to collect data on the number of drug users whose parents are themselves drug users.
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Louis also asked the Prime Minister for 2019 and 2020 respectively, what are the take-up rates of parent-care leave by public servants.
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Louis asked the Minister for National Development for each year in the past five years (a) how many single unwed parents have applied to purchase a HDB flat from HDB; and (b) how many of such purchase applications have been rejected.
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Louis also asked the Minister for National Development (a) whether single unwed parents can qualify for interim housing under the Parenthood Provisional Housing Scheme (PPHS) while they await the completion of their new flat; and (b) if not, why not.
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Louis asked the Minister for Sustainability and the Environment based on the ASEAN Framework of Action on Marine Debris (a) what steps Singapore has taken with the national governments of other ASEAN countries to develop a regional action plan on combating marine debris; and (b) what updates are there on the establishment of an ASEAN Centre on Combating Marine Debris.
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Louis asked the Minister for Sustainability and the Environment (a) when will the Ministry complete the public consultation on developing an appropriate disposable carrier bag charge at supermarkets; (b) what measures are the Ministry considering to take to lower the impact of this charge on lower income families; and (c) whether the Ministry will consider charging per bag from the third bag and providing lower income families with a reusable shopping bag each.
Louis also asked whether the Ministry can explore a disposable carrier bag charge for other retail outlets, including the e-commerce platforms.
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Louis asked the Minister for Culture, Community and Youth (a) what is the progress on busking pilots to test out the safe management measures required for busking; and (b) whether the Ministry intends to scale up and expand the pilots to more sites.
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Louis also asked the Minister for Health whether children under 16 years of age can be included in the COVID-19 vaccination programme.
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