9. Recording and monitoring complaints
9.1
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council maintains a list of concerns raised by employees made under the Public Interest Disclosure Act. Inclusion in this list does not amount to acceptance that the communication amounts to a Protected Disclosure and any subsequent decision that the matter falls outside the Act will be added to the record on the list.
9.2
For the purposes of investigating whether or not there are any systemic issues that need to be addressed, and to monitor the performance of any investigation, an anonymised summary of all disclosures of serious wrongdoing, made by employees will be sent on a quarterly basis to:-
- the Director for the area to which the complaint relates (unless the complaint is in relation to the Director); and
- the Standards and Ethics Committee of Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council.
9.3
The Council will record details of all complaints made under this policy, anonymising the identity of the Whistleblower and use this information for the purposes of identifying areas of concern, which may indicate further action is required, and where appropriate, share this information with other appropriate regulatory bodies.
9.4
Both lists are maintained in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998.
9.5
A report on the number of concerns will be published annually. This report will not include any information identifying any Whistleblower.
