FIRST-TIER TRIBUNAL (GENERAL REGULATORY CHAMBER) RECORD

RETENTION AND DISPOSAL SCHEDULE

Goddard Inquiry: Government Departments, Agencies, and all other public sector bodies, are
instructed to retain any and all documents; correspondence; notes; e-mails and all other
information – however held – which contain or may contain content pertaining directly or
indirectly to the sexual abuse of children or to child protection and care. For the purposes of this
instruction, the word “children” relates to any person under the age of 18.

Description TNA Series Action

1 Case Files Held Case Files Held
mostly in electronic mostly in electronic
form only in form only in
conjunction with a conjunction with a
database (see 4 database (see 4
below). below).
2 Tribunal One copy of each
Determinations (Final appeal determination
Decisions) is to be retained
permanently in
electronic format.
Determinations to be
published on the
Tribunal website
where directed by the
Chamber President.
3 Administration Files, a) Destroy 7 years
including: from the date of the
a) Finance and last entry. b) Policy
Personnel; b) Policy, files relating to
Legislation, legislative, procedural
Development and and administrative
Expansion. issues should be
destroyed 5 years
from the date of the
last entry.
4 "GLiMR" Electronic Permanent case
Database Secure registry
database of case a) Retained
details, including indefinitely as
hearing dates and supplementary
final outcomes. a) registry.
Supplementary
spreadsheets to aid
 tribunal casework (do
not contain case
documents, personal
contact or other
protected
information).
5 Bundles Prepared and Destroyed 6 months
supplied by parties for after promulgation of
use by Judges and the First-tier Tribunal
Panel Members at decision, unless the
hearings or ‘paper decision is appealed to
considerations’. the Upper Tribunal in
which case they are
sent there.