过去3年，有1985位公务员领了超额的薪水，政府会全力追讨

何廷儒（盛港集选区）向内政部长提问：

（a）过去三年中，每年有多少通过VITAL的工资和报销服务向政府职员超额支付的案例被发现；

（b） 有多少人受到影响；

（c） 超额支付的总金额是多少；

（d） 发现的超额支付中，金额最小和最大的是多少；

（e） 截至目前，已追回多少金额。

新加坡内政部长兼律政部长尚穆根：

在公共服务部门，每个月12日会提前支付职员薪水和津贴。超额支付一般发生在职员没有全勤工作一个月的情况下；还可能发生在职员没有偿还因未履行培训和奖学金合约的赔偿金时离职时；或者他们在公立医院或诊所就诊的医疗费用先由政府支付，后从工资中扣除的情况下。

任何超额支付的工资会通过人力资源和工资系统（HRPS）从下一次工资中扣除。对于离职或在无薪假期的职员，内政部会通过Vital追回超额支付的工资。过去三年内由Vital负责追讨的超额支付工资的情况如下表1所示。

受影响的职员总数为1,985人，其中一些职员有多起超额支付工资的情况。超额支付工资的总金额为$3,466,544.43，单笔金额从$0.01（最低）到$238,522.41（最高）不等。最高超额支付是因未履行海外奖学金合约而需支付的违约金。大约70%的超额支付工资案例金额低于$500。截至2024年3月25日，已经追回了$1,120,907.48。

Ms He Ting Ru asked the Minister for Home Affairs (a) in each of the last three years, how many instances of overpayment to the Ministry's staff made through VITAL’s payroll and claims services have been detected; (b) how many individuals have been affected; (c) what has been the total amount of overpayments made; (d) what have been the smallest and largest amounts of overpayments detected; and (e) how much has been recovered to date.

Mr K Shanmugam: In the public sector, staff are paid a full month's salary and allowances in advance (pay day is 12th of every month). Overpayment occurs when the staff did not work for the full month. Overpayment can also happen when exited staff have not repaid liquidated damages due to not fulfilling their training or scholarship bonds, or if they have incurred medical expenses at public hospitals or polyclinics that are billed to the Government first and to be offset from the staff's salary later. 

Any overpayment to staff is recovered from their next or subsequent payroll via the HR & Payroll System (HRPS). For staff who have left us or are on no-pay leave, the Ministry of Home Affairs engages VITAL to recover the overpayments. The number of overpayment cases for which VITAL was engaged in the last three years is in Table 1 below. 

The total number of staff affected is 1,985 and some staff have more than one case of overpayment. The total amount of overpayment is $3,466,544.43, ranging from $0.01 (lowest) to $238,522.41 (highest) for each case. The highest overpayment amount is due to liquidated damages for not fulfilling the overseas scholarship bond. About 70% of the cases were overpayment involving less than $500. As of 25 March 2024, $1,120,907.48 have been recovered.