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<p>The Department for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has a whistleblowing
policy and procedure in place which allows for civil servants to report a perceived
wrongdoing within the department, including something that they believe goes against
the core values in the Civil Service Code. The Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998
(PIDA) will apply in some of these cases, and provides protection to those that ‘blow
the whistle’ in certain circumstances.</p><p>The figures provided in the table below
show the total number of whistleblowing cases that were protected disclosures under
PIDA (A).</p><p>The table goes on to show the number of cases found to be valid under
PIDA (B), the number of employees that alleged detriment as a result of the disclosure
under PIDA (C), and finally the number of employees who made a disclosure under PIDA,
alleged detriment as a result of a disclosure and subsequently left the department
(D).</p><p>As BEIS was formed on 14<sup>th</sup> July 2016 we are only able to provide
data from that date.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>A. Number
of whistleblowing cases that were covered under PIDA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>B.
Number of cases found to be valid under PIDA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>C. Number
of employees that alleged detriment as a result of the disclosure under PIDA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>D.
Number of employees who subsequently left the department (i.e. after making a disclosure
and then alleged detriment as a result of the disclosure)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016/17</strong></p></td><td><p>Less
than 5</p></td><td><p>Less than 5</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>
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