Policy Papers - Civil Service


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Whistleblowing in Whitehall

A review of how well whistleblowing policies in Government departments comply with good practice.

Date Published:

June 2007
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Revised Civil Service Code

A submission to the UK government’s consultation on a revised Civil Service Code and our suggested draft of this Code.

Date Published:

April 2006
Click here to open our submission and here for PCaW’s draft of the Civil Service Code.



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Draft Civil Service Bill

This response to the UK government’s consultation on a draft Civil Service Bill examines how the draft Bill confuses the already complicated arrangements for whistleblowing in the Civil Service. It concludes by looking at the way the Civil Service handled whistleblowing about fraudulent visa applications.

Date Published:

March 2005
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Getting the Balance Right

Submission to the Committee on Standards in Public Life on the key elements of good whistleblowing practice and whether PIDA has made the organisational cultures of public bodies more open and accountable.

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June 2004
Free, click here for our main submission. Click here for our addendum on central government fraud and whistleblowing. Click here for some examples of Whitehall frauds stopped by whistleblowing. The section of the Committee’s report that makes recommendations on whistleblowing (published in January 2005) can be viewed here and the Government's response to these recommendations (published in December 2005) can be read here.



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Holyrood Inquiry

Submission to the Fraser Inquiry into the management of the Holyrood Parliament building project in Scotland.

Date Published:

May 2004
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Defining the Boundaries within the Executive: Ministers, Special Advisers and the permanent Civil Service

Response to a consultation by the Committee on Standards in Public Life.

Date Published:

June 2002
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The Secret Whistleblower in the Arms to Iraq Affair

A description of how a whistleblower warned the UK government that machine tools sold by a UK company to Iraq would be used for the production of weapons (in breach of UK government guidelines). It also describes how this played a crucial role in the UK government's consideration of this issue.

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February 1996
Free, click here to download. (PDF 3.45 MB)