以下内容为新加坡眼根据国会英文资料翻译整理：

        技能发展基金的使用数据以及对学费补贴和合格年龄的审查 

14 徐锦莉女士询问教育部长 :

(a)在过去三年里，按行业分列的(i) 使用技能发展基金的劳动力百分比和(ii) 使用技能发展基金与征收的技能发展税的平均比率分别是多少，以全职工人、兼职工人和临时工为例?

 

(b) 鉴于技术的广泛强化，教育部预计不同行业和工人使用技能发展基金与征收的技能发展税的平均比率将如何变化？

 

15 徐锦莉女士询问教育部长：在技能发展基金的使用方面，教育部会否考虑：(i) 提高个人受助学员的学费补贴水平；(ii) 降低他们获得学费补贴的最低年龄。

 

陈振声先生：技能发展基金是一项支持本地劳动力发展的综合基金。基金由雇主缴付的技能发展税和政府不时提供的补贴组成。过去三年（2020至2022财政年度），每年平均从雇主收取约2.9亿元的技能发展税。

 

新加坡技能发展基金是政府用于提高新加坡人技能和再培训的资金来源之一。从2020财政年度到2022财政年度，政府平均每年支出约10.2亿新元，其中包括来自可持续发展基金的3.7亿新元，通过向机构、培训提供者和公司提供补助金来支持劳动者的技能提升。除新加坡技能发展基金外，政府还从终身学习基金（LLEF）、国家生产力基金（NPF）以及各部委预算中提取资金，用于特定行业的投资，例如针对科技行业的加快专才培训计划（TeSA）。

 

新加坡精深技能发展局（SSG）负责管理新加坡技能发展基金，并与其他政府机构密切合作，支持所有行业的本地劳动力提升技能。由于各行各业的人力和技能需求不同，比较各行各业的技能发展基金使用情况意义不大。基金资助的许多课程也并非针对特定行业。例如，关键核心技能和数码应用课程适用于多个行业。我们不会根据就业状况来区分申请人，也不会收集学员是全职、兼职还是临时工的数据。

 

目前，精深技能发展局为40岁以下的新加坡人和永久居民提供的学费补贴高达学费的70%；为40岁及以上的新加坡人提供的学费补贴高达90%。补贴水平是分级的，人力资源成果越好的项目获得的补贴就越高。

 

目前，我们没有计划提高这些补贴的金额。我们也没有必要降低年龄标准，因为我们没有规定享受补贴的最低资格年龄。我们将继续审慎使用技能发展基金，并与其他政府机构和业界合作，支持新加坡人进行有意义的终身学习和技能提升。

 

DATA ON USE OF SKILLS DEVELOPMENT FUND AND REVIEWS OF COURSE FEE SUBSIDY AND QUALIFYING AGE

14Ms See Jinli Jean asked the Minister for Education (a) for the past three years, what is the breakdown by sector for the (i) percentage of workforce utilising the Skills Development Fund (SDF) and (ii) average ratio of the SDF utilised to the Skills Development Levy (SDL) collected, for full-time, part-time and casual workers respectively; and (b) how does the Ministry expect the average ratio of the utilisation of the SDF to the SDL for the different sectors and workers to change in view of broad-based technology-intensification.

15Ms See Jinli Jean asked the Minister for Education in respect of Skills Development Fund usage, whether the Ministry will consider (i) enhancing course fee subsidy level for individual sponsored learners and (ii) lowering the minimum age for them to qualify for course fee subsidy.

Mr Chan Chun Sing: The Skills Development Fund (SDF) is a consolidated fund that supports local workforce development. It is made up of the Skills Development Levy (SDL) contributions from employers and top-ups by the Government from time to time. On average, over the past three years from FY2020 to FY2022, around $290 million SDL contributions have been collected from employers annually.

The SDF is one of the sources of funds for Government spending on upskilling and reskilling of Singaporeans. From FY2020 to FY2022, the Government spent an average of around $1.02 billion annually, including $370 million from the SDF, to support workforce upskilling in grants to institutions, training providers and companies. Besides the SDF, the Government draws from funding from the Lifelong Learning Endowment Fund (LLEF), the National Productivity Fund (NPF), as well Ministries’ budgets, for instance for sector-specific investments, such as the TechSkills Accelerator (TeSA), for the tech sector.

SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG) administers the SDF and works closely with other Government agencies to support upskilling of the local workforce across all sectors. It is not meaningful to compare SDF utilisation across sectors, which have different manpower and skills needs. Many of the courses that the SDF supports are also not sector-specific. For instance, courses on Critical Core Skills and digital adoption are relevant across multiple sectors. We do not differentiate applicants based on employment status and do not collect data on whether the learner is a full-time, part-time or casual worker.

Today, SSG’s course fee subsidies go up to 70% of course fees for Singaporeans and Permanent Residents below the age of 40; and up to 90% for Singaporeans aged 40 and above. The level of subsidy is tiered, with higher subsidies for programmes that deliver stronger manpower outcomes.

Currently, we have no plans to raise the levels of these subsidies. There is no need to lower the age criteria, as there is no minimum qualifying age to tap on the subsidies. We will continue to use SDF prudently and work with other Government agencies and the industry to support meaningful lifelong learning and upskilling of Singaporeans.