The policy allows you to raise your concerns confidentially with a Nominated Officer for whistleblowing in both the Scotland Office or OAG who is able to investigate your concerns or provide you with advice on what to do. You can contact the Scotland Office and Nominated Whistleblowing Officers OAG’s by emailing them at the following mailboxes. These mailboxes are monitored by the and your emails will only by seen by the nominated officer, nominated officer’s only or a deputy in cases of absence, so correspondence will remain confidential. Scotland Office: OAG: You may also speak to a member of the Audit Committee. The Audit Committee is comprised of independent members whose function is to give advice to the Principal Accounting Officer about the proper running of the Scotland Office and OAG. The Audit Committee can institute routine checks of such matters as GPC transactions, T&S claims and other expenditure authorised personally by members of the Senior Civil Service. The commissioning of such checks by the Audit Committee should enable a complaint to be investigated without it being apparent to others that a complaint has been made. The three current members of the Audit Committee may be contacted in writing at the following address: The Chair of the Scotland Office and Office of the Advocate General Audit Committee 1 Melville Crescent Edinburgh EH3 7HW If you believe that your concern has not been investigated adequately you may submit your concerns in writing to the one of the heads of the other Territorial Offices: Wales Office: Northern Ireland Office: If having done so you believe you have not received a reasonable response, and your concern relates to a breach of the Civil Service Code, you may refer the matter in writing to the Civil Service Commissioners: These procedures are designed to give all officials and external contractors working for the Scotland Office and OAG a mechanism for raising concerns, and to preclude the need to do so externally. October 2016
The policy allows you to raise your concerns confidentially with a Nominated Officer for whistleblowing in both the Scotland Office or OAG who is able to investigate your concerns or provide you with advice on what to do. You can contact the Scotland Office and OAG’s Nominated Whistleblowing Officers by emailing them at the following mailboxes. These mailboxes are monitored by the nominated officer’s only and your emails will only by seen by the nominated officer, or a deputy in cases of absence, so correspondence will remain confidential. Scotland Office: OAG: You may also speak to a member of the Audit Committee. The Audit Committee is comprised of independent members whose function is to give advice to the Principal Accounting Officer about the proper running of the Scotland Office and OAG. The Audit Committee can institute routine checks of such matters as GPC transactions, T&S claims and other expenditure authorised personally by members of the Senior Civil Service. The commissioning of such checks by the Audit Committee should enable a complaint to be investigated without it being apparent to others that a complaint has been made. The three current members of the Audit Committee may be contacted in writing at the following address: The Chair of the Scotland Office and Office of the Advocate General Audit Committee 1 Melville Crescent Edinburgh EH3 7HW If you believe that your concern has not been investigated adequately you may submit your concerns in writing to the one of the heads of the other Territorial Offices: Wales Office: Northern Ireland Office: If having done so you believe you have not received a reasonable response, and your concern relates to a breach of the Civil Service Code, you may refer the matter in writing to the Civil Service Commissioners: These procedures are designed to give all officials and external contractors working for the Scotland Office and OAG a mechanism for raising concerns, and to preclude the need to do so externally. October 2016