Irene, I don't know of any study, but you can always try collecting your own statistics by making suitable FOI requests. Here's one that someone made recently to Wirral Borough Council:
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/public_interest_disclosure_act_2 As far as I can see no-one has done a thorough (cross-local government) set of requests. If you did something like this it would be very interesting, but obviously avoid repeating things that have already been done (such as the Wirral one above). If you made the requests via WDTK, then the information would be available to everyone, which of course we'd all like. I'd be interested to know if some government body *does* collect these statistics. There of course a problem in how you define whistleblowing. The public interest disclosure may be made to another body (such as a supervisory body) so the body on whom the whistle is blown (sorry for the clumsy terminology) will only sometimes have been the recipient. One of the reasons for lack of statistics in this area may be that there is no one way of making a disclosure (correctly - it gives more flexibility to the whistleblower). I don't know of any local authority "black list". If there were such at thing it would almost certainly be illegal and extremely dangerous for those involved if its existence became known. Refusing to employ someone because they have (in the past) made a public interest disclosure is a form of victimisation contrary to the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998. Now it is of course one thing for something to be unlawful, and another for it not to happen (as we know well from anti-discrimination legislation) but a systematic form of victimisation would be much easier to prove and much much harder to defend. Good luck with this. Francis On 17 September 2010 12:01, Irene Rukerebuka <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi All, > I wonder if anyone could help me with this query. > I see a lot of the same going around and specifically in terms of national > govt statistics or initiatives but I wonder if there is any that is not only > local but runs deeper in terms creating change? > I'm interested in 'whistleblowing' which apparently still has no real > 'support' for the whistle blower in local govt-they can become blacklisted. > Is there anyway I can find stats on whistle blowing in local govt-success > and non success, plus what happened to the whistle blower? > If we are ever to make any change, surely it would start on some safety for > people who decide to speak out against corrupt conduct in the public > services? > Cheers > > > > > -- > Irene Rukerebuka > > > > m: 07583337197 > > t: www.twitter.com/rantersparadise > w: www.hubnovation.org.uk > l:http://uk.linkedin.com/in/irenerukerebuka > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list [email protected] > Archive, settings, or unsubscribe: > https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public > -- Francis Davey _______________________________________________ Mailing list [email protected] Archive, settings, or unsubscribe: https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public
