Persons Convicted of Assaulting Children in Learning Centres

Ms Carrie Tan asked the Minister for Home Affairs in each of the past 10 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.

Mr K Shanmugam: 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.

The yearly breakdown is in the table below.