Question follow-through · 109809
Broadcasting: Disclosure of Information
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.
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- Answering body
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport
- Tabled
- 30 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 3 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 6 Feb 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
30 Jan 2026
Question tabled
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.
3 Feb 2026
Target answer date
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6 Feb 2026
Answer published
Our public service broadcasters are operationally independent of Government and so probationary periods rightfully remain a matter for them.Employees of public service broadcasters, like most employees in Great Britain, who blow the whistle on certain typ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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