Whistleblowing. Prescribed persons guidance (Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, April 2017)

Summary

This document is guidance for the organisations and individuals who are Prescribed Persons, to help them understand their role as a prescribed person. It provides advice on complying with legal requirements as well as practices beyond the whistleblowing legislation.

Organisations and individuals that are listed in The Public Interest Disclosure (Prescribed Persons) Order 20141 (“Prescribed Persons Order 2014”) are referred to as prescribed persons. Prescribed Persons have a role in the whistleblowing process. This role is influenced by the statutory functions specific to each body.

The Prescribed Persons Order 2014 sets out a list of over 60 organisations and individuals that a worker may approach outside their workplace to report suspected or known wrongdoing. The organisations and individuals on the list have usually been designated as prescribed persons because they have an authoritative or oversight relationship with their sector, often as a regulatory body.