NATIONAL MINDLINE 1771 USAGE STATISTICS, DEMOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS AND SERVICE UTILISATION

NOTICE PAPER NO. 487

NOTICE OF QUESTION FOR WRITTEN ANSWER

FOR THE SITTING OF PARLIAMENT ON 12 FEBRUARY 2026

Name and Constituency of Member of Parliament

Ms Eileen Chong Pei Shan

Nominated MP

Question No. 976

To ask the Coordinating Minister for Social Policies and Minister for Health (a) what is the demographic profile of help-seekers on the national mindline 1771 to date, by (i) age group and (ii) gender; (b) what is the distribution of contacts across (i) telephone (ii) WhatsApp and (iii) webchat channels; and (c) what proportion of help-seekers remain anonymous.

Question No. 977

To ask the Coordinating Minister for Social Policies and Minister for Health since the launch of national mindline 1771 in June 2025 (a) what is the total number of contacts received across all channels; (b) what proportion of contacts required (i) immediate crisis intervention (ii) early support and counselling and (iii) wayfinding and referrals respectively; and (c) what are the most common referral pathways.

Answer

1        Since the launch of the national mindline 1771 service in June 2025, counsellors have handled more than 39,000 calls, messages and webchats, with 26% of help-seekers choosing not to disclose their personally identifiable information. The distribution of help-seekers across the hotline, WhatsApp messaging and webchat messaging channels is approximately 60%, 25% and 15% respectively

2        Most of the help-seekers do not explicitly reveal their age or gender. However, based on counsellors' interactions with help-seekers across all channels, gender could be determined in approximately 37% of cases with fairly similar numbers of males and females.

3        For help-seekers who chose to share their age, most are 20 to 35 years old as shown in Table 1.

Table 1: Age Distribution of Help-seekers

4        Of the help-seekers attended to, approximately 10%, 75% and 15% required immediate crisis intervention, early support and counselling, and wayfinding and referrals respectively. Help-seekers are mostly referred to  Community Outreach Teams (CREST), Community Intervention Teams (COMIT) and Family Counselling Centres (FSCs).