Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government how many cases of whistleblowing were reported and investigated by the Civil Service in (1) 2022, (2) 2021, (3) 2020, and (4) 2019.

We are made aware by departments annually, who also report on behalf of their agencies, of cases raised formally through whistleblowing procedures.

We will be commissioning data for the 2022/23 period (April 2022-March 2023) from departments in June 2023.

In 2021/22, 311 cases were formally raised and investigated in government departments. The concern was upheld in 30 cases.

In 2020/21, 245 cases were formally raised and investigated in government departments. The concern was upheld in 13 cases.

In 2019/20, 383 cases were formally raised and investigated in government departments. The concern was upheld in 33 cases.

We do not ask departments for reports of informal cases.