Guidance

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.

Documents

What to keep

Administrative Court (RCJ) RRDS

Civil Justice Council RRDS

Commercial and contract management directorate RRDS

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County Court RRDS

Court Funds Office RRDS

Crown Court RRDS

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Employment Appeals Tribunal RRDS

Employment tribunal RRDS

Estates RRDS

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Family Justice Council RRDS

Fees Office (RCJ) RRDS

Gender Recognition Panel RRDS

GRC Tribunals RRDS

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Help with Fees RRDS

HMCTS Governance and Assurance RRDS

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Human Resources Records RRDS

Judicial Conduct Investigations office RRDS

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Judicial Office RRDS

King's Bench (RCJ) RRDS

Language services RRDS

Legal Aid Agency RRDS

Magistrates court RRDS

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Ministry of Justice and HM Courts and Tribunals Service Finance RRDS

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MoJ headquarters RRDS

Office of the Public Guardian RRDS

Private Office RRDS

Probate Registries RRDS

Property Chamber RRDS

Sentencing Council RRDS

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Service Now RRDS

Social Entitlement Chamber RRDS

Tax Chamber RRDS

Upper Tribunal Lands Chamber RRDS

Details

Ministry of Justice (MOJ) information is kept for three reasons:

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

Updates to this page

Published 15 December 2014
Last updated 26 September 2024 + show all updates
  1. Replaced file 'Service Operations RRDS' with 'Service Now RRDS'.

  2. Added 'Property Chamber RRDS'.

  3. Courts and Tribunals Service Centres RRDS updated.

  4. Civil National Business Centre RRDS published.

  5. What to keep document updated.

  6. Help with Fees RRDS, Human Resources Records RRDS and War Pensions and Armed Forces Compensation Chamber RRDS published.

  7. Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber RRDS published and Presidents’ support offices RRDS and Employment Appeals Tribunal RRDS updated.

  8. 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.

  9. 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.

  10. Administrative Court (RCJ) RRDS replaced.

  11. Health, Education and Social Care Chamber RRDS and Court of Appeal, civil division RRDS updated.

  12. Tax Chamber RRDS and Immigration and Asylum Chamber RRDS added.

  13. 'What to keep' and 'County court' documents updated. 'Social Entitlement Chamber RRDS' and 'Service Operations RRDS' published.

  14. Advisory Committees on Justices of the Peace RRDS updated.

  15. Health, Education and Social Care Chamber RRDS updated.

  16. Independent Monitoring Authority RRDS published.

  17. Probate Registries RRDS published.

  18. Administrative Court (RCJ), Queen’s Bench (RCJ) and Advisory Committees on Justices of the Peace RRDS's published.

  19. HMCTS Governance and Assurance RRDS and Sentencing Council RRDS published.

  20. New RRDS documents published

  21. Presidents’ Support Offices and Language Services RRDS's published.

  22. Estates RRDS published.

  23. New records published.

  24. Judicial Conduct Investigations office RRDS published.

  25. Office of the Public Guardian RRDS published.

  26. New RRDS's published.

  27. What to keep guide updated.

  28. Solution Delivery Operations RRD, Internal Audit and Assurance RRD, Criminal Injuries Compensation Appeals Panel CICAP RRD and Ecclesiastical Appointments Office RRD added to page.

  29. MOJ and HMCTS finance, GRC Tribunals and Health, Education and Social Care Chamber RRDS's published.

  30. Legal Aid Agency, Private Office Directorate and Parole Board RRDS's published.

  31. NOMS and HMPS RRDS document added

  32. All RRDS' replaced and 3 new ones added

  33. First published.

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