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Ministry of Finance (MOF)
Parliamentary Replies

Impact of the Middle East Situation on Singapore

8 April 2026

Parliamentary Question by Dr Wan Rizal:

To ask the Prime Minister and Minister for Finance whether existing service and conservancy charges (S&CC) rebates and other support measures remain sufficient to cushion HDB households from broader cost-of-living pressures arising from higher energy and fuel costs.

Parliamentary Question by Mr Saktiandi Supaat:

To ask the Prime Minister and Minister for Finance (a) whether the Government has assessed how rising energy and food prices arising from the Middle East conflict disproportionately affect different household groups (i) currently and (ii) potentially; and (b) whether support measures are sufficiently targeted to address such distributional impacts.

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Parliamentary Reply by Senior Minister of State for Finance, Mr Jeffrey Siow:

This question was addressed by the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade and Industry, the Acting Minister for Transport and Senior Minister of State for Finance, and the Coordinating Minister for National Security and Minister for Home Affairs, in their Ministerial Statements on the Impact of the Middle East Situation on Singapore at the Parliamentary Sitting on 7 April 2026.

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