Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 86384
Disclosure of Information
Tabled: 29 October 2025
Answered: 7 November 2025
Question
Max Wilkinson
Liberal Democrat — Cheltenham
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of whistleblower protections.
Answer
Kate DeardenThe Government recognises that the whistleblowing framework in the Employment Rights Act 1996 may not be operating as effectively as intended. My Department in July published an independent review into the framework, which did not make formal recommendati...
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