Use of Foreign Worker Levy to Improve Transport Safety for Migrant Workers Over Past Three Years

Written Reply to Parliamentary Question

Mr Kenneth Tiong Boon Kiat asked the Acting Minister for Transport

a.           of the Government expenditure on migrant worker safety funded from consolidated revenue including Foreign Worker Levies, what amount was directed to safer transport for workers travelling to and from worksites in each of the past three years; and  

b.           if none, whether the Ministry will consider doing so given known risks of current practices.

Reply by Acting Minister for Transport Jeffrey Siow

1.           Tax revenues, including Foreign Worker Levies, are not ringfenced for specific spending. The Government will continue to work with industry and NGOs to improve the safety of worker transport.