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Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO): Retention Schedule

The FCDO Retention Schedule contains details of how long the FCDO retains information and when records are disposed.

Published 28 October 2020
From:
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office and Foreign & Commonwealth Office

Documents

Records retention and disposal policy

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Details

It is a legal obligation to comply with the Public Records Acts and other key legislation. The FCDO Retention Schedule lists the different types of records we produce and the minimum length of time we keep them for.

We use it to ensure that our records are kept for as long as we need them. Records of historic interest are retained for the public record and eventually transferred to the National Archives.

Two retention schedules are published to reflect both FCDO and DFID’s pre-merger policies. These schedules will be merged into one single schedule once systems are aligned over time.

Published 28 October 2020