Issue - meetings

To receive a report from the Director of Corporate Affairs & Business Transformation presenting the committee with the updated Whistleblowing Policy.

The Committee had before it a report * from the Director of Corporate Affairs & Business Transformation presenting it with the updated Whistleblowing Policy. The Internal Audit Team Leader explained that the policy had recently been presented to the Scrutiny Committee. They had requested that a definition of ‘Whistleblowing’ be inserted at the beginning of the policy and this had been actioned.

Discussion took place with regard to:

·         The protection of the identity of the whistleblower.

·         If individuals did not want to talk to somebody within the Council it was possible to go to an external body or Grant Thornton.

·         There had been no whistleblowing incidents in the previous six months.

RESOLVED that the updated Whistleblowing Policy be approved.

(Proposed by the Chairman)

Note: * Report previously circulated; copy attached to the signed minutes.