Record retention and disposition schedules
The Ministry of Justice uses Record Retention and Disposition Schedules (RRDS) to manage its compliance with the Public Records Acts.
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Ministry of Justice (MOJ) information is kept for three reasons:
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Historical reasons: certain information will form MoJ’s archive - documenting what happened and why. This usually includes important decisions about the organisation, major decisions of policy, primary legislation, samples of court and prison records, and often the information created by or around senior figures in the department.
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Statutory reasons: MOJ is required to keep certain pieces of information for specified periods of time by law - such as HR records, information about your buildings and finance records.
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Personal or team reference, or essential business use: MOJ needs to refer to it in the future to do its job effectively.
The What to Keep guide identifies what a record is, where to save it and when it can be deleted.
Last updated
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Help with Fees RRDS, Human Resources Records RRDS and War Pensions and Armed Forces Compensation Chamber RRDS published.
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Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber RRDS published and Presidents’ support offices RRDS and Employment Appeals Tribunal RRDS updated.
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County Court, Family Court, Court of Protection and the District Registries of the High Court RRDS, Legal Aid Agency RRDS and Upper Tribunal (Tax and Chancery Chamber) RRDS published.
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Courts and Tribunals Service Centres RRDS, County Court Family Court Court of Protection RRDS, King's Bench (RCJ) RRDS and Upper Tribunal Lands Chamber RRDS published.
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Administrative Court (RCJ) RRDS replaced.
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Health, Education and Social Care Chamber RRDS and Court of Appeal, civil division RRDS updated.
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Tax Chamber RRDS and Immigration and Asylum Chamber RRDS added.
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'What to keep' and 'County court' documents updated. 'Social Entitlement Chamber RRDS' and 'Service Operations RRDS' published.
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Advisory Committees on Justices of the Peace RRDS updated.
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Health, Education and Social Care Chamber RRDS updated.
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Independent Monitoring Authority RRDS published.
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Probate Registries RRDS published.
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Administrative Court (RCJ), Queen’s Bench (RCJ) and Advisory Committees on Justices of the Peace RRDS's published.
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HMCTS Governance and Assurance RRDS and Sentencing Council RRDS published.
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New RRDS documents published
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Presidents’ Support Offices and Language Services RRDS's published.
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Estates RRDS published.
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New records published.
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Judicial Conduct Investigations office RRDS published.
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Office of the Public Guardian RRDS published.
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New RRDS's published.
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What to keep guide updated.
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Solution Delivery Operations RRD, Internal Audit and Assurance RRD, Criminal Injuries Compensation Appeals Panel CICAP RRD and Ecclesiastical Appointments Office RRD added to page.
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MOJ and HMCTS finance, GRC Tribunals and Health, Education and Social Care Chamber RRDS's published.
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Legal Aid Agency, Private Office Directorate and Parole Board RRDS's published.
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NOMS and HMPS RRDS document added
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All RRDS' replaced and 3 new ones added
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First published.
Update history
2024-01-16 08:32
Courts and Tribunals Service Centres RRDS updated.
2023-08-22 10:06
Civil National Business Centre RRDS published.
2023-06-19 10:02
What to keep document updated.
2023-06-01 09:37
Help with Fees RRDS, Human Resources Records RRDS and War Pensions and Armed Forces Compensation Chamber RRDS published.
2023-01-31 12:03
Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber RRDS published and Presidents’ support offices RRDS and Employment Appeals Tribunal RRDS updated.
2023-01-09 15:44
County Court, Family Court, Court of Protection and the District Registries of the High Court RRDS, Legal Aid Agency RRDS and Upper Tribunal (Tax and Chancery Chamber) RRDS published.
2022-09-21 10:22
Courts and Tribunals Service Centres RRDS, County Court Family Court Court of Protection RRDS, King’s Bench (RCJ) RRDS and Upper Tribunal Lands Chamber RRDS published.
2022-07-28 15:09
Administrative Court (RCJ) RRDS replaced.
2022-06-23 15:48
Health, Education and Social Care Chamber RRDS and Court of Appeal, civil division RRDS updated.
2022-04-13 13:42
Tax Chamber RRDS and Immigration and Asylum Chamber RRDS added.
2022-03-23 14:23
‘What to keep’ and ‘County court’ documents updated.’Social Entitlement Chamber RRDS’ and ‘Service Operations RRDS’ published.