Question follow-through · 108244
Broadcasting: Disclosure of Information
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of whistleblowing protections for employees of publicly owned broadcasters under the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998.
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- Answering body
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport
- Tabled
- 26 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 28 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 4 Feb 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
26 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of whistleblowing protections for employees of publicly owned broadcasters under the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998.
28 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
4 Feb 2026
Answer published
Our public service broadcasters, publicly owned or otherwise, rightfully remain independent of Government, but their employees like most in Great Britain are protected under the whistleblowing framework in the Employment Rights Act 1996 (as amended by the...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Broadcasting: Disclosure of Information
30 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what external oversight mechanisms are in place to ensure that publicly owned broadcasters investigate whistleblowing concerns independently of senior management.
Broadcasting: Disclosure of Information
30 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of trends in the use of extension of probationary periods in publicly owned broadcasters to detriment whistleblowing employees.