Written questions

Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998

2026-07-06 · Department for Business and Trade · 16497 · Official question

Alex Burghart

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many claims have been brought under the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 since July 2024, relating to which public body in each case, and how many have succeeded.

Answer

Since July 2024, there were 9,524 Public Interest Disclosure jurisdiction complaints received by the Employment Tribunal. Over the same period, 2,921 complaints were disposed of, approximately 1% of which were successful at hearing. These figures are from...