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(2) The statistics to be included in the annual report are—

(a) the number of public interest disclosures received by the government agency; and

(b) the number of each type of public interest disclosure received by the government agency; and

(c) the number of public interest disclosures received by the government agency that were referred to it by other government agencies; and

(d) the number of public interest disclosures investigated by the government agency; and

(e) if the government agency has referred public interest disclosures to other government agencies for investigation—

(i) the total number of disclosures referred; and

(ii) the identity of each other agency to which a disclosure was referred; and

(iii) the number of disclosures referred to each other agency;

and

(iv) the number of each type of public interest disclosure referred to each other government agency; and

(f) the number of public interest disclosures on which the government agency declined to act under section 17; and

(g) the number of public interest disclosures that were substantiated by the government agency’s investigation of the disclosure.

(3) The annual report shall include particulars of remedial action taken by the government agency in relation to—

(h) each public interest disclosure that was substantiated on investigation by the government agency; and

(i) any recommendations of the ombudsman or the auditor-general that relate to the government agency.”

(2) This information is available in agency annual reports.

(3) This information is also included in agency annual reports.