Turnover of Staff at Child Protection Service

Mr Louis Ng Kok Kwang asked the Minister for Social and Family Development in each of the past five years, how many and what percentage of Child Protection Service officers have (i) resigned or (ii) requested to be transferred to a different department within the Ministry or to another Government agency respectively.

Mr Masagos Zulkifli B M M: Over the past five years, the average annual resignation rate for staff in the Child Protective Service (CPS) was around 15%, and an annual average of around 5% of CPS staff moved within the Ministry of Social and Family Development or to other public agencies.