Data retention and disposal documents: FOI release
Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.
FOI Reference: FOI/202500498570
Date received: 16 December 2025
Date responded: 12 January 2026
Information requested
Further to FOI/202500456898, which was responded to on 9 April 2025, a document titled “Retention and Disposal Policy v2.0” was provided as part of the response.
Within the Document Control section of that document, the table row titled “Next Review” indicates a review date of 10 July 2025.
I therefore request a copy of the most recent version of this document (and any other new/relevant documents to data retention and data disposal) currently held by Social Security Scotland.
Response
Please find attached the most recent version of Social Security Scotland’s Retention and Disposal Policy, along with our Retention Schedule and Records Disposal Guidance.
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