Written Replies to Parliamentary Questions
Written Reply to Parliamentary Question on Number of Persons Convicted of Assaulting Children in the Past Ten Years
3 July 2023
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Question:
Ms Carrie Tan: To ask the Minister for Home Affairs in each of the past ten years (a) how many persons have been convicted of assaulting children; and (b) how many of the convicted persons are personnel of service providers to children such as schools, learning centres, tuition centres and enrichment centres.
Answer:
Mr K Shanmugam, Minister for Home Affairs and Minister for Law:
1. Between 2013 and 2022, there were 1,794 persons convicted of serious hurt offences, ill-treatment, and sexual offences, against children under the age of 16. Of these, about 2% were working in educational settings, such as schools, learning centres, tuition centres and enrichment centres, at the time of the offence.
2. The yearly breakdown is in the table below.
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2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(a) Number of persons convicted of serious hurt offences, ill-treatment, and sexual offences, against children under the age of 16 | 194 | 190 | 165 | 186 | 155 | 190 | 162 | 176 | 213 | 163 |
(b) Number of persons from (a) who were personnel of service providers to children at institutions such as schools, learning centres, tuition centres and enrichment centres | 5 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 3 |