Singapore

Parliament

Political system: Presidential-Parliamentary
Structure of parliament: Unicameral
IPU membership: Yes

Budget

Data on parliament’s budget role and activities

Parliamentary powers to amend the budget: Parliament may only decrease existing expenditures/revenues (i.e. Parliament cannot increase existing items or create new ones)

Notes: Only a Minister may propose an amendment to increase the amount allocated to a budget item. Any Member of Parliament may propose an amendment to reduce the total amount to be allocated to a budget item by a symbolic $100.
Parliament has a specialized unit to conduct budgetary analysis: No
Number of staff working in the specialized budget unit: Not applicable
Date when parliament received the draft budget from the government, per year: 18 Feb 2022

(2022)
Date when parliament adopted the budget, per year: 11 Mar 2022

(2022)
Number of days between receiving the draft budget and its adoption in parliament, per year: 21

(2022)
National currency: Singapore Dollar (SGD)
PPP (Purchasing Power Parity) conversion factor: 0.800

(2023)
State budget, per year: 102,400,000,000 SGD

(2022)

Notes: Data based on the financial year running from 1st April to 31st March
State budget, per year in PPP: 121,904,761,905

(2022)

Historical data for Parliamentary powers to amend the budget
Updated at	Parliamentary powers to amend the budget	Notes
2022-01	Parliament may only decrease existing expenditures/revenues (i.e. Parliament cannot increase existing items or create new ones)	Only a Minister may propose an amendment to increase the amount allocated to a budget item. Any Member of Parliament may propose an amendment to reduce the total amount to be allocated to a budget item by a symbolic $100.
2013-01	Other	only a minister can move an amendment to increase the sum to be allocated to any head of expenditure in the budget. any member can move an amendment to reduce by a token amount of $100 the total sum to be allocated for any head of expenditure in the budget.

Historical data for Parliamentary powers to amend the budget

Updated at

Parliamentary powers to amend the budget

Notes

2022-01

Parliament may only decrease existing expenditures/revenues (i.e. Parliament cannot increase existing items or create new ones)

Only a Minister may propose an amendment to increase the amount allocated to a budget item. Any Member of Parliament may propose an amendment to reduce the total amount to be allocated to a budget item by a symbolic $100.

2013-01

Other

only a minister can move an amendment to increase the sum to be allocated to any head of expenditure in the budget. any member can move an amendment to reduce by a token amount of $100 the total sum to be allocated for any head of expenditure in the budget.

Historical data for Parliament has a specialized unit to conduct budgetary analysis
Updated at	Parliament has a specialized unit to conduct budgetary analysis
2022-01	No
2013-01	No

Historical data for Parliament has a specialized unit to conduct budgetary analysis

Updated at

Parliament has a specialized unit to conduct budgetary analysis

2022-01

2013-01

Historical data for Number of staff working in the specialized budget unit
Updated at	Number of staff working in the specialized budget unit
2022-01	Not applicable

Historical data for Number of staff working in the specialized budget unit

Updated at

Number of staff working in the specialized budget unit

2022-01

Not applicable

Historical data for Date when parliament received the draft budget from the government, per year
Updated at	Date when parliament received the draft budget from the government, per year
2023-01	No information available
2022-01	18 Feb 2022
2021-01	16 Feb 2021
2020-01	18 Feb 2020
2019-01	18 Feb 2019
2018-01	19 Feb 2018
2017-01	02 Mar 2017

Historical data for Date when parliament received the draft budget from the government, per year

Updated at

Date when parliament received the draft budget from the government, per year

2023-01

No information available

2022-01

18 Feb 2022

2021-01

16 Feb 2021

2020-01

18 Feb 2020

2019-01

18 Feb 2019

2018-01

19 Feb 2018

2017-01

02 Mar 2017

Historical data for Date when parliament adopted the budget, per year
Updated at	Date when parliament adopted the budget, per year
2023-01	No information available
2022-01	11 Mar 2022
2021-01	08 Mar 2021
2020-01	06 Mar 2020
2019-01	08 Mar 2019
2018-01	08 Mar 2018
2017-01	01 Apr 2017

Historical data for Date when parliament adopted the budget, per year

Updated at

Date when parliament adopted the budget, per year

2023-01

No information available

2022-01

11 Mar 2022

2021-01

08 Mar 2021

2020-01

06 Mar 2020

2019-01

08 Mar 2019

2018-01

08 Mar 2018

2017-01

01 Apr 2017

Historical data for Number of days between receiving the draft budget and its adoption in parliament, per year
Updated at	Number of days between receiving the draft budget and its adoption in parliament, per year
2023-01	No information available
2022-01	21
2021-01	20
2020-01	17
2019-01	18
2018-01	17
2017-01	30

Historical data for Number of days between receiving the draft budget and its adoption in parliament, per year

Updated at

Number of days between receiving the draft budget and its adoption in parliament, per year

2023-01

No information available

2022-01

2021-01

2020-01

2019-01

2018-01

2017-01

Historical data for PPP (Purchasing Power Parity) conversion factor
Updated at	PPP (Purchasing Power Parity) conversion factor
2023-01	0.800
2022-01	0.900
2021-01	0.880
2020-01	0.840
2019-01	0.877
2018-01	0.900
2017-01	0.890
2016-01	0.880
2015-01	0.880
2014-01	0.864
2013-01	0.860
2012-01	0.846

Historical data for PPP (Purchasing Power Parity) conversion factor

Updated at

PPP (Purchasing Power Parity) conversion factor

2023-01

0.800

2022-01

0.900

2021-01

0.880

2020-01

0.840

2019-01

0.877

2018-01

0.900

2017-01

0.890

2016-01

0.880

2015-01

0.880

2014-01

0.864

2013-01

0.860

2012-01

0.846

Historical data for State budget, per year
Updated at	State budget, per year
2023-01	No information available
2022-01	102,400,000,000 SGD
2021-01	102,340,000,000 SGD
2020-01	83,610,000,000 SGD
2019-01	80,250,000,000 SGD
2018-01	80,002,000,000 SGD
2017-01	73,920,000,000 SGD
2014-01	No information available
2013-01	90,342,176,300 SGD

Historical data for State budget, per year

Updated at

State budget, per year

2023-01

No information available

2022-01

102,400,000,000 SGD

2021-01

102,340,000,000 SGD

2020-01

83,610,000,000 SGD

2019-01

80,250,000,000 SGD

2018-01

80,002,000,000 SGD

2017-01

73,920,000,000 SGD

2014-01

No information available

2013-01

90,342,176,300 SGD

Historical data for State budget, per year in PPP
Updated at	State budget, per year in PPP
2023-01	No information available
2022-01	121,904,761,905
2021-01	116,693,272,520
2020-01	92,900,000,000
2019-01	90,168,539,326
2018-01	90,911,363,636
2017-01	84,000,000,000
2014-01	No information available
2013-01	106,787,442,435

Historical data for State budget, per year in PPP

Updated at

State budget, per year in PPP

2023-01

No information available

2022-01

121,904,761,905

2021-01

116,693,272,520

2020-01

92,900,000,000

2019-01

90,168,539,326

2018-01

90,911,363,636

2017-01

84,000,000,000

2014-01

No information available

2013-01

106,787,442,435

Singapore

Parliament

Budget

Historical data for IPU membership

Historical data for Parliamentary powers to amend the budget

Historical data for Parliament has a specialized unit to conduct budgetary analysis

Historical data for Number of staff working in the specialized budget unit

Historical data for Date when parliament received the draft budget from the government, per year

Historical data for Date when parliament adopted the budget, per year

Historical data for Number of days between receiving the draft budget and its adoption in parliament, per year

Historical data for PPP (Purchasing Power Parity) conversion factor

Historical data for State budget, per year

Historical data for State budget, per year in PPP