Breakdown of yearly staff and former staff overpayments: FOI release
- Published
- 25 August 2021
- Directorate
- People Directorate
- Topic
- Money and tax, Public sector
- FOI reference
- FOI/202100226718
- Date received
- 22 July 2021
- Date responded
- 18 August 2021
Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002
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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