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help for low-income/needy
Published On
02 Oct 2017
2 October 2017

Question

Mr Seah Kian Peng
MP for Marine Parade GRC

To ask the Minister for Social and Family Development whether there has been an increase in Comcare assistance cases compared to last year.

Answer

The Ministry of Social and Family Development disbursed ComCare assistance to about 39,200 unique households in Financial Year (FY) 2016, a slight decrease from around 39,500 unique households assisted by ComCare in FY2015.

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