Oral QuestionCabinet Office

What steps he is taking to protect whistleblowers in the civil service.

Tabled: 18 July 2024Answered: 25 July 2024

Asked by

Wera Hobhouse

Liberal DemocratBath

Answering Minister

the Minister for the Cabinet Office

Answer from Hansard

The Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office (Georgia Gould)

The Cabinet Office provides a framework to support Departments and employees, which includes signposts on how to raise a concern, channels enabling that to be done safely, and practical support for whistleblowers. The Cabinet Office is working to capture whistleblowers’ experience and ways in which to improve it, and, as was mentioned in the King’s Speech, we will be introducing a duty of candour Bill which will improve transparency and accountability.