Number of Employment Passes and Certificates Issued

Mr Yaw Shin Leong asked the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Manpower for each of the past five years from 2006 to 2010 inclusive, how many of the following passes/certificates have been issued: (i) P1 Employment Pass; (ii) P2 Employment Pass; (iii) Q1 Employment Pass; (iv) Personalised Employment Pass; (v) S-Pass; and (vi) Employment Pass Eligibility Certificate.

Page: 635

Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam: The table below provides the year-end stock of Employment Pass (P1, P2, Q1 and Personalised Employment Pass) and S-Pass holders from 2006 to 2010. These figures include Employment Pass Eligibility Certificate 3 (EPEC) holders who have converted their EPEC to an Employment Pass (EP) or S-Pass.