Issue - meetings

Resolved

(1)          That the Whistleblowing Policy be approved.

(2)          That the ownership of the policy through the Monitoring Officer be approved.

(3)          That the publication of the policy on the intranet, with appropriate staff communications to raise awareness be approved.

(4)          That the Committee receive from the Monitoring Officer anonymised reports of any whistleblowing complaints once concluded and actions taken to resolve them.

The Chairman advised that there was one item of urgent business, Whistleblowing Policy.

The Assistant Director Law and Governance submitted a report which sought approval of a Whistleblowing Policy and the mechanisms by which the policy and any complaints made under the policy would be managed and reported on.

In introducing the report, the Interim Head of Legal Services explained that it was proposed that the policy should sit with the Monitoring Officer, with reporting on numbers of complaints and any actions taken, to sit with the Accounts Audit and Risk Committee, as part of its overall remit for governance assurance.

In response to Members’ questions regarding differences between the current and revised policies, the Interim Head of Legal Services explained that, as the law had not changed, there were no significant changes rather it had been made clearer.

Resolved

(1)          That the Whistleblowing Policy be approved.

(2)          That the ownership of the policy through the Monitoring Officer be approved.

(3)          That the publication of the policy on the intranet, with appropriate staff communications to raise awareness, be approved.

(4)          That the Monitoring Officer be requested to provide anonymised reports of any whistleblowing complaints once concluded and actions taken to resolve them to the Accounts, Audit and Risk Committee.