Retention schedule

Staffordshire County Council is required by the Lord Chancellor’s Code of Practice on the Management of Records issued under Section 46 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to have and to implement a records retention and disposal schedule.

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Retention and disposal policies - Information communications technology (ICT)

ICT service design

  • Retention: Retain records 6 years after date created
  • Disposal: Destroy
  • Authority: Based on a 6-year timescale in which an action can be brought in the case of a simple contract under Limitation Act 1980 s.5
  • Scope: ICT architecture management, capacity and availability management, design coordination, service catalogue maintenance

ICT service operation

  • Retention: Retain records 1 year after date created
  • Disposal: Destroy
  • Authority: SCC business need
  • Scope: ICT systems access management, application management, event and incident management, operations control, problem management, request fulfilment, technical management

ICT service transition

  • Retention: Retain records 6 years after date created
  • Disposal: Destroy
  • Authority: Based on a 6-year timescale in which an action can be brought in the case of a simple contract under Limitation Act 1980 s.5
  • Scope: Application development, change evaluation, release and deployment management, service validation and testing, service asset and configuration management, transition planning and support