Question follow-through · 16497
Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many claims have been brought under the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 since July 2024, relating to which public body in each case, and how many have succeeded.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 7 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 9 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 14 Jul 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
7 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many claims have been brought under the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 since July 2024, relating to which public body in each case, and how many have succeeded.
9 Jul 2026
Target answer date
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14 Jul 2026
Answer published
Since July 2024, there were 9,524 Public Interest Disclosure jurisdiction complaints received by the Employment Tribunal. Over the same period, 2,921 complaints were disposed of, approximately 1% of which were successful at hearing. These figures are from...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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