Even if the reports didn’t result in action, they would (in theory) leave a report trail that a FOI request could uncover. There’s a lot of ifs in there though

Even if the reports didn’t result in action, they would (in theory) leave a report trail that a FOI request could uncover. There’s a lot of ifs in there though, and a lot of implied honesty just for record keeping. We’re all discovering (again) that implied honesty in governance will always be abused.