We are committed to maintaining the highest standards of integrity, transparency, and accountability. We encourage all employees, contractors, and stakeholders to report any concerns about unethical, illegal, or unsafe practices without fear of retaliation.
Our whistleblowing policy provides a safe and confidential way for individuals to raise concerns about:
- a criminal offence
- breach of a legal obligation
- a miscarriage of justice
- a danger to the health and safety of any individual
- damage to the environment
- financial or non-financial maladministration, malpractice or fraud
- professional malpractice
- failure of an individual/s to disclose a serious conflict of interest
- deliberate concealment in relation to any of the above matters
This policy explains the process for investigating concerns raised by our employees, Board members, agency workers or external consultants who may from time to time work for PSAA (past and present) and any other individuals who have had a connection with PSAA. If you do not fall into any of these groups of individuals, and wish to raise a concern, our complaints policy will apply.
Prescribed Person
A prescribed person is an individual or organisation designated to receive and handle reports of wrongdoing (malpractice) from individuals who wish to report concerns outside of their workplace. The Department for Business and Trade publishes a list of prescribed persons Whistleblowing: list of prescribed people and bodies – GOV.UK
Local authorities (England)
Disclosures relating to local authorities can be made to the external auditor of the relevant authority or the Comptroller and Auditor General. To make a disclosure to the authority’s external auditor, please contact the local authority, who will have a record of who to contact.
We are responsible for appointing auditors to local government and police bodies and publish a directory of appointed auditors for each year on our Auditors & fees page.
It should be noted that we are not a prescribed person under the Public Interest Disclosure Act and our role in addressing concerns relating to local authorities is only to signpost individuals to the external auditor appointed to the local authority in question.
To make a disclosure to the Comptroller and Auditor General, please contact the National Audit Office.
The Comptroller and Auditor General
National Audit Office
157-197 Buckingham Palace Road
London
SW1W 9SP
Tel: 020 7798 7999
Website: www.nao.org.uk/contact-us/whistleblowing-disclosures/