Question to the Cabinet Office:

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.

CSHR commissions departments annually to provide an overview of cases investigated formally through their whistleblowing procedures.

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.

Please note the caveat that national security whistleblowing data is a matter for the United Kingdom Security & Vetting team and is therefore not captured in these summaries.

1. 2019/2020 - 383 cases were formally raised and investigated in government departments, with the concern upheld in 33 cases. They fell into the following categories:

• Breach of Civil Service code - 23

• Breach of security / information policy - 23

• Bullying and harassment - 4

• Danger to environment/health and safety - 13

• Deceiving/misleading Ministers, Parliament and others - 2

• Discrimination - 11

• Failure to comply with legal obligations - 22

• Fraud - 148

• Frustrating implementation of policy - 7

• Influence by improper pressure/personal gain - 14

• Misuse of official position - 39

• Other/Blank - 77

2. 2020/2021 - 245 cases were formally raised and investigated in government departments, with the concern upheld in 13 cases. They fell into the following categories:

• Breach of Civil Service code - 14

• Breach of security / information policy - 8

• Bullying and harassment - 1

• Danger to environment/health and safety - 44

• Deceiving/misleading Ministers, Parliament and others - 4

• Discrimination - 7

• Failure to comply with legal obligations - 12

• Fraud - 96

• Frustrating implementation of policy - 9

• Influence by improper pressure/personal gain - 6

• Misuse of official position - 19

• Other - 25

3. 2021/2022 - 311 cases were formally raised and investigated in government departments, with the concern upheld in 30 cases. They fell into the following categories:

• Breach of Civil Service code - 0

• Breach of Security / information policy - 14

• Bullying and harassment - 4

• Danger to environment/health and safety - 23

• Deceiving/misleading Ministers, Parliament and others - 13

• Discrimination - 5

• Failure to comply with legal obligations - 19

• Fraud - 131

• Frustrating implementation of policy - 4

• Influence by improper pressure/personal gain -10

• Misuse of official position - 38

• Other - 50