1. How many whistleblowing disclosures have you received over the last two years?
6
2. Can you provide a breakdown of the whistleblowing concerns received over the last two years?
We consider this information is exempt under Section 40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act (Personal Data).
Devon County Council are not obliged to provide information that is the personal information of another person if releasing it would contravene any of the provisions in the Data Protection Act 2018.
In this instance we believe that the release of this information would contravene the first data protection principle and therefore Section 40(2) is applied.
We also consider this information is exempt under Section 41 of the Freedom of Information Act (information provided in confidence).
Devon County Council are not obliged to provide information that was provided by any other person, if its disclosure would constitute a breach of confidence, and a legal person could bring a court action for that breach of confidence, which would be likely to succeed.
3. What is the current total number of staff in your whistleblowing team?
There is not a specific team allocated to whistleblowing.
4. The amount of expenditure allocated to your whistleblowing team, department or function that deals with disclosures made concerning the bodies, entities or individuals you regulate, supervise or oversee over the last two years.
We do not hold this information because there is not a specific budget allocated for this.
5. Please provide any relevant documents or processes you have in place for dealing with whistleblowing concerns over the last two years.
Please refer to this whistleblowing policy