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FOI2022-04649 HR Payroll Services

Published 4 May 2022

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Dear

I am writing in response to your email dated 9th April 2022 requesting the following information:

Under the Freedom of Information Act, please could I request the following information?

  • Please advise if any of the following services are outsourced to third parties.
    • HR
    • Payroll

  • If the answer to question 1 is yes, please provide the name of the company or companies.

  • If the answer the 1 is yes, please provide the start and end date of the contracts.

I am treating your correspondence as a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA).

In response to your queries, I have completed a search for the information within the Defence Electronics & Components Agency (DECA), and I can confirm that we do hold information in scope of your request and I detail the answers below.

  • Please advise if any of the following services are outsourced to third parties.
    • HR
      • No
    • Payroll
      • Yes
  • If the answer to question 1 is yes, please provide the name of the company or companies.
    • Payroll is provided by CGI
  • If the answer the 1 is yes, please provide the start and end date of the contracts.
    • Contract start – quarter 3, 2017
    • Contract end – quarter 3, 2019
    • Contract extension to quarter 3, 2023

Under Section 16 of the Act (Advice and Assistance) you can find out more about DECA contract opportunities by visiting Contract finder.

If you are not satisfied with this response or you wish to complain about any aspect of the handling of your request, then you should contact me in the first instance. If informal resolution is not possible and you are still dissatisfied then you may apply for an independent internal review by contacting the Information Rights Compliance team, Ground Floor, MOD Main Building, Whitehall, SW1A 2HB or by e-mailing [email protected]. Please note that any request for an internal review must be made within 40 working days of the date on which the attempt to reach informal resolution has ended.

If you remain dissatisfied following an internal review, you may take your complaint to the Information Commissioner under the provisions of Section 50 of the Freedom of Information Act. Please note that the Information Commissioner will not investigate your case until the MOD internal review process is complete. You can find further details of the role and powers of the Information Commissioner on the Commissioner’s website.

Regards

DECA FOI

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