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Parliamentary QA

COLLECTION OF DATA ON LONELY DEATHS FOR SOCIAL SUPPORT INTERVENTION PLANNING FOR VULNERABLE INDIVIDUALS

4 November 2025

NOTICE PAPER NO. 277

NOTICE OF QUESTION FOR WRITTEN ANSWER

FOR THE SITTING OF PARLIAMENT ON 4 NOVEMBER 2025

 

Name and Constituency of Member of Parliament

Ms Gho Sze Kee

Member of Parliament for Mountbatten SMC


Question No. 620

To ask the Coordinating Minister for Social Policies and Minister for Health whether the Ministry will consider collecting data on lonely deaths and sharing it with social agencies, so they can better plan interventions and improve social support for vulnerable individuals.


Answer

1            The Ministry of Health does not have the number of residents who die alone in their homes.

2            Our focus is to reach out to and support seniors, especially those living alone.  It is only through effective outreach and befriending that we can prevent such deaths.  This requires the collaboration of many community partners – Silver Generation Ambassadors, volunteers of Active Ageing Centres, grassroots and other volunteers. Grassroots advisers are in a unique position to help organise and lead these community resources. 

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