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Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO): retention schedule

The FCDO retention schedules explain how long the FCDO retains information and when records are disposed of.

• From: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, Department for International Development and Foreign & Commonwealth Office
• Published: 28 October 2020
• Last updated: 22 March 2023
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  1. 22 March 2023

     New Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) records retention and disposal policy has replaced the DFID retention schedule and the FCO records retention and disposal policy.

  2. 28 October 2020

     First published.

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FCDO records retention and disposal policy

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The FCDO retention schedule lists the different types of records we produce and the minimum length of time we keep them for. This complies with the Public Records Acts and other legislation.

We use the retention schedule to ensure 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.