Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 64553

Public Sector: Disclosure of Information

Tabled: 2 July 2025
Answered: 10 July 2025

Question

Martin Wrigley

Liberal DemocratNewton Abbot

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to ensure that public services do not use non-disclosure agreements on whistleblowers.

Answer

Justin Madders
There are existing legal limitations to what NDAs can be used for, and an NDA would be unenforceable if it attempted to prevent a worker from making a protected disclosure, i.e., whistleblowing.However, we have heard calls for change and taken action. We ...

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