Salary Overpayments, Education Department

In reply to Mr PISONI (Unley) (17 November 2015).

The Hon. S.E. CLOSE (Port Adelaide—Minister for Education and Child Development, Minister for Higher Education and Skills): I have been advised:

1. The salary overpayment total of $1.972 million as referred on page 108 relates only to education staff.

2. This is sourced from the VALEO payroll system, which is used for education staff only. The total excludes Families SA overpayments and therefore does not include overpayments from the CHRIS payroll system.

3. The average size of the overpayment is $1,078. This represents 1,829 employees.

4. The Department for Education and Child Development (DECD) can only provide information in relation to the number of DECD staff that manage the salary overpayment process. Shared Services SA—Payroll undertake the first level debt recovery, and DECD undertakes second level recovery where no contact or agreement can be made. To undertake the second level recovery DECD employs 1.25FTE at an approximate cost in the 2014-15 financial year of $96,000.