FOI 25-140 Staff Over-payments
Freedom of Information Request
- Reference
- FOI 25-140 Staff Over-payments
- Request Date
- 24 Mar 2025
- Response Date
- 17 Apr 2025
- Information Requested
I am requesting the following information: From 2018 to date how many individual Scottish Ambulance Service (SAS) employees (employed by SAS) have had salary overpayments errors, including unsocial hours and on-call payments?
From 2018 to date how many individual SAS employees had overpayment errors written off which means SAS employees have not had to repay the overpayment?
Could this information be broken down into SAS regional areas?
I am requesting information on the number of instances the Scottish Ambulance Service has engaged the services of the Central Legal Office solicitors to prevent employment tribunal proceedings including data from January 2018 to March 2025?- Response
From 2018 to date how many individual SAS employees had overpayment errors written off which means SAS employees have not had to repay the overpayment? Could this information be broken down into SAS regional areas?
Please see the figures below detailing the number of payroll overpayments made each year since 2018.2018 - 83
2019 - 92
2020 - 98
2021 - 103
2022 - 142
2023 - 123
2024 - 90
Please note, this information is held against individual’s pay numbers and not locations; we do not hold the dataset to break this down into region or any location. This is because overpayments may relate to ex-employees or employees may move station after the overpayment letter has been issued.
From 2018 to date how many individual SAS employees had overpayment errors written off which means SAS employees have not had to repay the overpayment?
The Finance and Payroll departments issue invoices to recover ALL overpayments and will pursue payments through due process to ensure the monies are recovered. The Scottish Ambulance Service does not have a record of overpayments being written-off. It is for this reason we have applied section 17 of the Freedom of Information Scotland Act 2002, as information not held.I am requesting information on the number of instances the Scottish Ambulance Service has engaged the services of the Central Legal Office solicitors to prevent employment tribunal proceedings including data from January 2018 to March 2025?
Information from the Central Legal Office (CLO) is not held in a way that allows us to report on prevention of employment tribunal proceedings. It is for this reason we have applied exemption 17 of the Freedom of Information Scotland Act 2002 as information not held.
