Issue - meetings
Whistleblowing Update
Meeting: 23/01/2018 - Audit Committee (Item 4)
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Minutes:
Paul Greeno, Senior Corporate and Governance Lawyer introduced his report by stating that this was the first quarterly update to the Committee since it was agreed that Whistleblowing would be reported to the Audit Committee.
He referred Members to point 3.1 which detailed the number of cases dealt with since April 2016. 41 Whistleblowing concerns had been raised of which 30 had been investigated and closed. With regard to the 30 cases, 4 were upheld, 3 were closed as further information was required and 2 were referred to other agencies. 21 cases were not upheld.
Mr Greeno also referred Members to point 3.2 and the lessons learnt from cases investigated. In particular he drew attention to the use of card purchases and the review spoken about earlier in the meeting.
Members of the Committee asked the following questions:
· It is positive to see the level of whistleblowing reported. How do you keep individuals who have reported an incident updated with the progress of the investigation?
· What level of interaction takes place between Whistleblowing and the Corporate Anti-Fraud team?
· How is the success of whistleblowing outcomes reported back to staff?
The Audit Committee NOTED the whistleblowing update and the investigation monitoring information contained in Appendix 1 of the report.