Employment Rate for SCORE's Re-integration Programmes

Mr Muhamad Faisal Bin Abdul Manap asked the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Home Affairs (a) what is the annual number of ex-offenders registered with the Singapore Corporation of Rehabilitative Enterprises (SCORE) for employment and re-integration programmes in the past five years; (b) what is the number of companies that are registered with SCORE in providing employment opportunities for ex-offenders in the past five years; and (c) what is the rate of ex-offenders who have successfully secured employment through SCORE's job-matching and employment scheme in the last five years.

Mr Teo Chee Hean: The Singapore Corporation of Rehabilitative Enterprises (SCORE) facilitates the rehabilitation and reintegration of offenders by offering them employment, training and aftercare support after their release. In 2012, SCORE emplaced 5,840 offenders on its employment and reintegration programmes. This is almost double the number in 2008.

There were 3,457 employers registered with SCORE in 2012. This is also almost double the number registered in 2008. SCORE will leverage on the Yellow Ribbon Project to widen its network of employers and business partners to provide job opportunities for ex-offenders.

Of those assisted by SCORE, almost 98% of them successfully secured employment in 2012. This figure has been fairly consistent over the last five years.