Mr Patrick Tay Teck Guan asked the Minister for Social and Family Development for each year from 2022 to 2025 (a) how many Persons with Disabilities’ (PWDs) Taxi Subsidy Scheme applications were received; and (b) of these, how many were successful.
Answer
1. The Taxi Subsidy Scheme (TSS) supports Singapore Citizen (SC) and Permanent Resident (PR) persons with disabilities (PwDs) who are medically certified as unable to take public transport and totally dependent on taxi. The scheme provides means-tested subsidies to offset the cost of taxi travel for the purposes of school, work and employment-related training supported by SG Enable.
2. The number of applications received and successful applications each year from 2022 to 2025 is in Table 1.
Table 1. No. of applications received and successful applications for the Taxi Subsidy Scheme
| Year | No. of applications received | No. of successful applications |
| 2022 | 72 | 62 |
| 2023 | 87 | 75 |
| 2024 | 63 | 58 |
| 2025 | 65 | 62 |