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1605061

registered interest
date	16/03/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Disclosure of Information
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Neville-Rolfe on 9 March (HL6179), how many of the whistleblowing cases formally raised and investigated in each of the last three years fell into each of the following categories (or similar categories): (1) financial wrong-doing, (2) sexual misconduct, (3) national security, (4) misleading Parliament or the public, and (5) other.
tabling member printed	Lord Wills
uin	HL6592
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2023 answer text <p>CSHR commissions departments annually to provide an overview of cases investigated formally through their whistleblowing procedures.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Data is provided based on a number of categories set out in the Civil Service annual data return and so does not align directly with the categories set out in the question; financial wrongdoing, sexual misconduct, national security, misleading Parliament and other.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Please note the caveat that national security whistleblowing data is a matter for the United Kingdom Security &amp; Vetting team and is therefore not captured in these summaries.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><ol><li><p>2019/2020 - 383 cases were <strong>formally raised and investigated</strong> in government departments, with the concern upheld in 33 cases. They fell into the following categories:</p></li><ul><li><p>Breach of Civil Service code - 23</p></li><li><p>Breach of security / information policy - 23</p></li><li><p>Bullying and harassment - 4</p></li><li><p>Danger to environment/health and safety - 13</p></li><li><p>Deceiving/misleading Ministers, Parliament and others - 2</p></li><li><p>Discrimination - 11</p></li><li><p>Failure to comply with legal obligations - 22</p></li><li><p>Fraud - 148</p></li><li><p>Frustrating implementation of policy - 7</p></li><li><p>Influence by improper pressure/personal gain - 14</p></li><li><p>Misuse of official position - 39</p></li><li><p>Other/Blank - 77</p></li></ul></ol><p><strong> </strong></p><ol start="2"><li><p>2020/2021 - 245 cases were <strong>formally raised and investigated</strong> in government departments, with the concern upheld in 13 cases. They fell into the following categories:</p></li><ul><li><p>Breach of Civil Service code - 14</p></li><li><p>Breach of security / information policy - 8</p></li><li><p>Bullying and harassment - 1</p></li><li><p>Danger to environment/health and safety - 44</p></li><li><p>Deceiving/misleading Ministers, Parliament and others - 4</p></li><li><p>Discrimination - 7</p></li><li><p>Failure to comply with legal obligations - 12</p></li><li><p>Fraud - 96</p></li><li><p>Frustrating implementation of policy - 9</p></li><li><p>Influence by improper pressure/personal gain - 6</p></li><li><p>Misuse of official position - 19</p></li><li><p>Other - 25</p></li></ul></ol><p><strong> </strong></p><ol start="3"><li><p>2021/2022 - 311 cases were <strong>formally raised and investigated</strong> in government departments, with the concern upheld in 30 cases. They fell into the following categories:</p></li><ul><li><p>Breach of Civil Service code - 0</p></li><li><p>Breach of Security / information policy - 14</p></li><li><p>Bullying and harassment - 4</p></li><li><p>Danger to environment/health and safety - 23</p></li><li><p>Deceiving/misleading Ministers, Parliament and others - 13</p></li><li><p>Discrimination - 5</p></li><li><p>Failure to comply with legal obligations - 19</p></li><li><p>Fraud - 131</p></li><li><p>Frustrating implementation of policy - 4</p></li><li><p>Influence by improper pressure/personal gain -10</p></li><li><p>Misuse of official position - 38</p></li><li><p>Other - 50</p></li></ul></ol><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 30/03/2023 14:38:27 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	260 label Biography information for Lord Wills

1605062

registered interest
date	16/03/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Disclosure of Information
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Neville-Rolfe on 9 March (HL6179), how many of the whistleblowing cases formally raised, investigated and upheld in each of the last three years fell into each of the following categories (or similar categories): (1) financial wrongdoing, (2) sexual misconduct, (3) national security, (4) misleading Parliament or the public, and (5) other.
tabling member printed	Lord Wills
uin	HL6593
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2023 answer text <p>CSHR commissions departments annually to provide an overview of cases investigated formally through their whistleblowing procedures.</p><p>Data is provided based on a number of categories set out in the Civil Service annual data return and so does not align directly with the categories set out in the question; financial wrongdoing, sexual misconduct, national security, misleading Parliament and other.</p><p>Please note the caveat that national security whistleblowing data is a matter for the United Kingdom Security &amp; Vetting team and is therefore not captured in these summaries.</p><p> </p><ol><li><p>2019/2020 - 33 cases were <strong>formally raised, investigated and upheld</strong> in government departments, falling into the following categories:</p></li><ul><li><p>Breach of Civil Service code - 3</p></li><li><p>Breach of security / information policy - 4</p></li><li><p>Bullying and harassment - 1</p></li><li><p>Danger to environment/health and safety - 1</p></li><li><p>Deceiving/misleading Ministers, Parliament and others - 0</p></li><li><p>Discrimination - 1</p></li><li><p>Failure to comply with legal obligations - 3</p></li><li><p>Fraud - 12</p></li><li><p>Frustrating implementation of policy -0</p></li><li><p>Influence by improper pressure/personal gain - 1</p></li><li><p>Misuse of official position - 0</p></li><li><p>Other/Blank - 7</p></li></ul></ol><p> </p><ol start="2"><li><p>2020/2021 - 13 cases were <strong>formally raised, investigated and upheld</strong> in government departments, falling into the following categories:</p></li><ul><li><p>Breach of Civil Service code - 1</p></li><li><p>Breach of security / Information Policy - 0</p></li><li><p>Bullying and harassment - 0</p></li><li><p>Danger to environment/health and safety - 6</p></li><li><p>Deceiving/misleading Ministers, Parliament and others - 0</p></li><li><p>Discrimination - 1</p></li><li><p>Failure to comply with legal obligations - 0</p></li><li><p>Fraud - 1</p></li><li><p>Frustrating implementation of policy - 1</p></li><li><p>Influence by improper pressure/personal gain - 0</p></li><li><p>Misuse of official position - 1</p></li><li><p>Other - 2</p></li></ul></ol><p> </p><ol start="3"><li><p>2021/2022 - 30 cases were <strong>formally raised, investigated and upheld</strong> in government departments, falling into the following categories:</p></li><ul><li><p>Breach of Civil Service code - 0</p></li><li><p>Breach of Security / Information Policy- 2</p></li><li><p>Bullying and harassment - 0</p></li><li><p>Danger to environment/health and safety - 3</p></li><li><p>Deceiving/misleading Ministers, Parliament and others - 3</p></li><li><p>Discrimination - 1</p></li><li><p>Failure to comply with legal obligations - 5</p></li><li><p>Fraud - 6</p></li><li><p>Frustrating implementation of policy - 1</p></li><li><p>Influence by improper pressure/personal gain -0</p></li><li><p>Misuse of official position - 4</p></li><li><p>Other - 5</p></li></ul></ol><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 30/03/2023 14:34:18 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	260 label Biography information for Lord Wills

1601535

registered interest
date	06/03/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Disclosure of Information
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many government departments operate whistleblowing policies.
tabling member printed	Lord Wills
uin	HL6178
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2023 answer text <p>Government departments have delegated authority for Whistleblowing policies. However, all have confirmed they have policies in place which meet the standards that are set out centrally by Civil Service HR.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 09/03/2023 12:40:13 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	260 label Biography information for Lord Wills

1601537

registered interest
date	06/03/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Disclosure of Information
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many government department employees or subcontractors have made disclosures and/or allegations of wrongdoing in the last three years; and of those, (1) how many did so using a formal whistleblowing procedure, and (2) how many claims were (a) formally investigated, and (b) upheld.
tabling member printed	Lord Wills
uin	HL6179
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2023 answer text <p>We are made aware by departments annually, who also report on behalf of their agencies, of cases raised formally through whistleblowing procedures.</p><p>In 2019/20, 383 cases were formally raised and investigated in government departments. The concern was upheld in 33 cases.</p><p>In 2020/21, 245 cases were formally raised and investigated in government departments. The concern was upheld in 13 cases.</p><p>In 2021/22, 311 cases were formally raised and investigated in government departments. The concern was upheld in 30 cases.</p><p>We do not ask departments for reports of informal cases.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 09/03/2023 12:39:58 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	260 label Biography information for Lord Wills

436069

registered interest
date	08/12/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Elections: Fraud
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they intend to produce a public response to the final report on electoral fraud submitted by the Electoral Commission in January 2014, including a response to the recommendation to introduce a system of voter identification.
tabling member printed	Lord Wills
uin	HL4365
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2015 answer text <p>The Electoral Commission's report is an important contribution to the debate on electoral integrity. The Government is currently conducting its own review of electoral fraud, led by Sir Eric Pickles MP, which is considering arguments for and against different measures to improve electoral integrity, including those suggested by the Electoral Commission. Recommendations emerging from the review will be put to the Prime Minister in the New Year.</p> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley question first answered 22/12/2015 11:38:39 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley
tabling member	260 label Biography information for Lord Wills

416959

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Bills: England
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Stowell of Beeston on 29 July (HL1727), whether they plan to conduct an assessment of the number of bills in each of the three most recent parliamentary Sessions that affected England alone and had no implications for any of the other nations in the United Kingdom; and if not, why not.
tabling member printed	Lord Wills
uin	HL1879
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2015 answer text <p>The Government has not performed, and does not intend to perform, a retrospective assessment of bills introduced over the last Parliament because under the Government’s proposals on English Votes for English Laws, the application of the proposed new rules to future legislation will be a matter for the Speaker of the House of Commons. Decisions on certification will be a matter for Parliament and will apply to future legislation. Moreover, the Government's proposals would apply to England and England and Wales-only provisions within bills, as well as bills that are England-only in their entirety.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston grouped question UIN HL1880 question first answered 21/09/2015 14:49:26 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
tabling member	260 label Biography information for Lord Wills

416960

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Bills: England
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Stowell of Beeston on 29 July (HL1727), why they have not conducted an assessment of the number of bills in each of the previous five Parliaments that affected England alone and had no implications for any of the other nations in the United Kingdom.
tabling member printed	Lord Wills
uin	HL1880
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2015 answer text <p>The Government has not performed, and does not intend to perform, a retrospective assessment of bills introduced over the last Parliament because under the Government’s proposals on English Votes for English Laws, the application of the proposed new rules to future legislation will be a matter for the Speaker of the House of Commons. Decisions on certification will be a matter for Parliament and will apply to future legislation. Moreover, the Government's proposals would apply to England and England and Wales-only provisions within bills, as well as bills that are England-only in their entirety.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston grouped question UIN HL1879 question first answered 21/09/2015 14:49:26 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
tabling member	260 label Biography information for Lord Wills

416961

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	English Votes for English Laws
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Stowell of Beeston on 29 July (HL1727), whether they plan to produce an impact assessment of their proposals for English Votes for English Laws; and if not, why not.
tabling member printed	Lord Wills
uin	HL1881
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2015 answer text <p>The Government does not plan to produce an impact assessment for its proposals, which relate to House of Commons procedure. However, given the importance of the Government’s proposed changes, the Leader of the House of Commons has invited the Procedure Committee to review the proposals in operation in order that there is proper scrutiny.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston question first answered 21/09/2015 14:44:49 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
tabling member	260 label Biography information for Lord Wills

391964

registered interest
date	21/07/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Bills: England
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate they have made of the number of bills in each of the previous five Parliaments that affected England alone and had no implications for any of the other nations in the United Kingdom.
tabling member printed	Lord Wills
uin	HL1727
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2015 answer text <p>The Government has not performed a retrospective assessment of bills introduced in previous Parliaments that affected England alone and had no implications for any other nations in the UK. Under the Government’s proposals on English Votes for English Laws, the application of the proposed new rules to future legislation will be a matter for the Speaker of the House of Commons, considering both the application of the legislation and whether or not the matters in question are devolved. The Speaker will certify bills as a whole and also clauses and schedules within bills under this test.</p><p><br>The Government’s proposals for English Votes for English Laws provide for certification of bills and clauses or schedules by the Speaker of the House of Commons based on the territorial application of the legislation and on the devolution settlement.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston question first answered 29/07/2015 10:27:30 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
tabling member	260 label Biography information for Lord Wills

60593

registered interest
date	09/06/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Peers: Correspondence
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Lord Hill of Oareford on 8 May (HL Deb, col 1574), when will they respond to the email sent by Lord Wills to Roger Smethurst at the Cabinet Office on 14 March.
tabling member printed	Lord Wills
uin	HL182
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p>Mr Smethurst replied to the noble lord on 23 June 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 23/06/2014 16:30:57 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
tabling member	260 label Biography information for Lord Wills