FOI/EIR 25/26-573-FOI Request Data

Retention for Freedom of Information requests

Received 4 March 2026

I’d like to request how long you hold FOI requests for e.g. do you go back as far as 2017?  If not, please can you specify what year you go back to?

Responded 10 March 2026

FOI requests are kept for 3 years plus current year, which includes the requesters’ details. After this time, FOI requests and corresponding responses are anonymised and kept indefinitely.