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Breakdown of yearly staff and former staff overpayments: FOI release

Published
2021-08-25
Received
2021-07-22
Responded
2021-08-18
Directorate
People Directorate
Topic
Money and tax, Public sector
Exemptions
None detected

Information requested

“How many staff or ex-staff overpayments occurred under what HR categories by year over the last three years?”

Response

The answer to your question is:

19/20 – Errors caused by business area or employee: 118 Errors caused by HR: 61 Total: 179 20/21 – Errors caused by business area or employee: 75 Errors caused by HR: 64 Total: 139 21/22 – Errors caused by business area or employee: 34 Errors caused by HR: 8 Total: 42

Categories 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 Annual Leave 10 3 1 Career Break 6 5 1 Change of Details 1 0 0 Change of Grade 4 2 0 Change of Hours 18 7 9 Change of Start Date 0 1 0 Death in Service 0 1 0 Change of Payroll 2 0 0 Family Pay 10 3 1 Fee paid 5 14 1 Leavers 60 47 13 Joiners 0 0 2 Transfers to other Government Departments 14 2 0 Overtime 4 4 0 Pay Supplements 27 11 3 Retirement 0 0 1 Reappointment 0 0 7 Salary Scale 9 23 0 Sick Absence 8 8 0 TRS 1 2 3

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Contact Please quote the FOI reference Central Enquiry Unit Email: ceu@gov.scot Phone: 0300 244 4000 The Scottish Government St Andrews House Regent Road Edinburgh EH1 3DG

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