Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) statistics on the Tribunal for the Maintenance of Parents in Singapore. Five CSV datasets cover new applicant age and gender, living arrangements, application and variation counts, and case outcomes from 2011 to 2021. Family law researchers and social policy analysts study how elderly parents use the tribunal when children do not provide adequate support. Open data supports transparency on access to maintenance recourse.
The Tribunal for the Maintenance of Parents provides a legal recourse for elderly parents to seek maintenance from their children when they are unable to support themselves adequately.
Ministry of Social and Family Development CSV of outcomes for new applications from 2011 to 2021, with annual counts for orders made, no order, dismissed, withdrawn, abated, and the yearly total. The categories follow standard case disposal outcomes. Analysts use the series to see how the mix of outcomes and overall caseload shifted across the decade.
Breakdown of new applicants by gender from 2011 through 2021, published by the Ministry of Social and Family Development in CSV with male, female, and total counts by year. Supports social programme uptake analysis and gender-disaggregated applicant monitoring where the underlying scheme is defined in related MSF datasets.
Ministry of Social and Family Development CSV breakdown of new applicants by age from 2011 through 2021, with counts for below 60, 60–80, 81 and over, and total. Supports analysis of applicant age profiles in MSF programme intake over the decade.
Ministry of Social and Family Development CSV of the living arrangements of new applicants from 2011 through 2021. Columns break down applicants by whether they live alone, with a spouse and children, with children, with a spouse, with relatives or friends, in institutions such as hospitals, or are homeless. Social-service planners and researchers use it to understand the household circumstances of people seeking assistance in Singapore.
Ministry of Social and Family Development CSV from 2011 through 2021 with annual counts of new maintenance applications and applications for variation of maintenance orders in Singapore. Family law researchers and social service planners monitor demand for formal maintenance processes.