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Written question asked by Maria Eagle (Labour) on Thursday, 18 January 2024, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 23 January 2024 (named day). It was answered by James Cartlidge (Conservative) on Wednesday, 24 January 2024 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Defence Equipment & Support: Disclosure of Information

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 18 of the Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23, how many staff members have utilised the DE&S Whistleblowing and Raising a Concern Policy in each year since 2019.

Answer

The DE&S Whistleblowing and Raising a Concern Policy sets out two principal routes available to employees who wish to raise a whistleblowing concern; the central MOD Confidential Hotline and discussion with line management. Instances of whistleblowing issues raised directly with line management are not recorded centrally. Regarding the MOD Confidential hotline, between 1 January 2019 and 31 December 2023, there were 13 cases raised for DE&S. It is not possible to state how many individuals raised these cases. A breakdown of cases by year is given in the table below:

Year

No of Cases

2019

0

2020

2

2021

0

2022

2

2023

9

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
10393
Session
2023-24
Related items
Subjects
Disclosure of information Staff Defence Equipment & Support
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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