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<p>Cabinet Office 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><strong>
</strong></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><strong> </strong></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><strong><p><p></strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>A. Number of whistleblowing cases that were covered under PIDA</p></td><td><p>B.
Number of cases found to be valid under PIDA</p></td><td><p>C. Number of employees
that alleged detriment as a result of the disclosure under PIDA</p></td><td><p>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)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>No
data available</p></td><td><p>No data available</p></td><td><p>No data available</p></td><td><p>No
data available</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>
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