Ministry of Defence
Defence Business Services
Secretariat
MOD Abbey Wood North
Oak West Level 1
Fox Den Road
Bristol
BS34 8QW
Ref: FOI2019/09916/ WHERRY
Email:
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxx.xxx.xx
Mr R Wherry
request-600314 xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
September 2019
Dear Mr Wherry,
Thank you for your email of 29 August 2019 to the Ministry of Defence (MOD) requesting
the following information:
“A large number of medical officers have recently been written to advise that DBS have
overpayed bonus’ due under the MODO bonus scheme on AFPS 05. The payment is due
to failure by DBS to take into account the changes when SP were moved to AFPS 15
How many Medical and Dental Officers have been affected by these over payments? What
are the ranges of amounts due to be reclaimed? Please provide answers broken down by
Service and Rank”
I am treating your correspondence as a request for information under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 (FOIA).
A search of the Department has been conducted and I can confirm some information
within the scope of your request is held.
A total of 117 Medical and Dental Officers are affected by the overpayment and have been
sent letters informing them of this. However, the amounts to be repaid by individuals is not
held, as investigations are not yet complete.
If you have any queries regarding the content of this letter, please contact this office in the
first instance.
If you wish to complain about the handling of your request, or the content of this response,
you can request an independent internal review by contacting the Information Rights
Compliance team, Ground Floor, MOD Main Building, Whitehall, SW1A 2HB (e-mail
CIO-
xxxxxx@xxx.xxx.xx). Please note that any request for an internal review should be made
within 40 working days of the date of this response.
If you remain dissatisfied following an internal review, you may raise your complaint
directly to the Information Commissioner under the provisions of Section 50 of the
Freedom of Information Act. Please note that the Information Commissioner will not
normally investigate your case until the MOD internal review process has been completed.
The Information Commissioner can be contacted at: Information Commissioner’s Office,
Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. Further details of the role
and powers of the Information Commissioner can be found on the Commissioner's website
a
t https://ico.org.uk/. Yours sincerely,
Defence Business Services (Secretariat)