Disclosure of Information
Commons · Question 72068 · Tabled 29 Aug 2025 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record
Answered 4 Sep 2025
Question
Asked by Maya Ellis
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to strengthen protections for whistle-blowers.
Answer
Answered by Justin Madders, 4 Sep 2025
A worker who ‘blows the whistle’ (known as making a ‘protected disclosure’) on certain types of wrongdoing is entitled to protections under the Employment Rights Act 1996 from detriment or dismissal as a result of blowing the whistle, and a route to redre...