Data on Percentage of Students in UPLIFT Community Network and Enhanced STEP-UP Programmes Who Live in Public Rental Flats

Mr Louis Ng Kok Kwang asked the Minister for Education (a) for each year since their establishment, what percentage of students in (i) the Uplifting Pupils in Life and Inspiring Families Taskforce programme and (ii) the Enhanced STEP-UP programme, live in public rental flats; and (b) if such data is unavailable, whether the Ministry will consider collecting it.

Mr Chan Chun Sing: The UPLIFT Community Network programme was piloted from 2020 to 2021 and officially started in 2022. About 900 students were enrolled in the programme in 2022, of whom about half were living in public rental housing.

From 2018 to 2022, an average of 450 students were enrolled in the Enhanced STEP-UP programme each year. About a third of the students were living in public rental housing.