Retention and disposal schedules

Retention and disposal schedules define how we manage our physical and digital records and information. 

They provide guidance on how long we should keep information and when we should delete or dispose of it. 

They are updated to reflect changes in legislation and business requirements.

Current schedules

These pages contain our schedules. For each type of data, they show information on:

• the disposal time frame for paper and digital copies
• whether it contains personal or special category data
• any example records
• the statutory provision or authority for holding the data

The schedules are listed below by department:

• Adult social care retention schedule
• Cemeteries and cremetoriam retention schedule
• Children's social care retention schedule
• Climate change retention schedule
• Commissioning retention schedule
• Communications and marketing retention schedule
• Community and libraries retention schedule
• Education and learning schedule
• Human resources retention schedule
• Leadership retention schedule

Archived schedules

An archived version of the previous retention schedule can be found below.