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<p>Over the last year a great deal of work has been undertaken in Cabinet Office to
ensure all<br />staff are confident in raising whistleblowing concerns and assured
that action will be taken<br />as a result. This includes:</p><ul><li>A new whistleblowing
and raising concerns policy was introduced in July 2016, bringing the department in
line with cross government best practice. This policy gives a clear outline of how
to raise a whistleblowing concern in the department.</li><li>6 Nominated Officers
have been trained over the last year and are currently in post to support staff and
managers with raising whistleblowing concerns as an independent person. 3 additional
Nominated Officers are to be trained in the next two months to ensure coverage in
larger units as well as those units that may need to approach someone with higher
security clearance.</li><li>A DG whistleblowing champion was put in place in October
<del class="ministerial">2017</del><ins class="ministerial">2016</ins>.</li><li>Cabinet
Office’s bespoke line manager training course includes a section that covers whistleblowing
and how to deal with a whistleblowing concern as a line manager.</li><li>Cabinet Office
took part in the cross government whistleblowing awareness week in October 2016 and
whistleblowing awareness day in September 2017.</li><li>A new ‘Speak Up’ campaign
was launched in April 2017 aimed at encouraging staff to raise all types of concerns.
This campaign was refreshed in September 2017.</li><li>The Civil Service Commission
attended a recent all staff diversity event to raise awareness of their part in hearing
whistleblowing concerns under the Civil Service code.</li><li>Data is regularly collected
and reviewed on numbers and types of concerns raised to inform continuous action and
communications.</li><li>Further communications are planned throughout the year to
ensure on-going awareness of the ways individuals can raise whistleblowing concerns.</li></ul>
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