Whistleblowing disclosures
As a 'prescribed person', The Pensions Regulator (TPR) is legally required to report on the whistleblowing disclosures we receive from certain workers. Reports from whistleblowers, savers and our regulated community are vital to ensure that we protect savers' money.
Under the Prescribed Persons (Reports on Disclosure of Information) Regulations 2017 we must report the following information every year:
- the number of disclosures we received (which met certain criteria)
- the number of those disclosures where we decided to take further action
- a summary of the action we took in relation to the disclosures
- a summary of how workers' disclosures have impacted our ability to perform our functions and meet our objectives
- an explanation of our functions and objectives
On this page
- Number of disclosures 2024 to 2025
- Number of disclosures and summary of actions
- How disclosures impact on our objectives
- Older whistleblowing disclosures
Number of disclosures 2024 to 2025
Between 1 April 2024 and 31 March 2025 we received and assessed 11 reports that we believe were qualifying disclosures, as defined in the Public Interest and Disclosure Act 1998 and our whistleblowing policy, which fell within the remit of our statutory functions and objectives.
Number of disclosures and summary of actions
We took further action on six of the reports received which were used to support our work on scheme supervision and automatic enrolment compliance. The remaining reports were used to enhance our intelligence picture on entities that we regulate. The action we take is consistent with the principles set out in the Regulator’s Code. We are a risk-based regulator that must carry out our activities in a way which is proportionate, accountable, consistent, transparent and targeted. In this context, whistleblowing disclosures help us to inform our intelligence and enforcement action and take action where we see it as appropriate.
How disclosures impact on our objectives
Whistleblowers play a vital role for TPR in ensuring that we protect savers and the UK’s workplace pensions. They provide us with valuable intelligence that assist us with tackling non-compliance and risks in the pension market.
All actions taken, either as a result of a disclosure or informed by a disclosure, contribute towards the achievement of our objectives.