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Change description : 2026-03-04 09:45:00: Replaced DWP Information Management Policy version 6.9 with version 7.0. Replaced DWP managing customer records guide with DWP Information Management Standard version 1.0. Replaced PDF with Customer Records Retention Schedule version 1.0. [Guidance and regulation]

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Guidance

DWP: information management policies

Guidance for Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) staff, contractors, suppliers and third parties on how to manage and store information.

Documents

DWPCustomer managingRecords customer records guide: Appendix 2.2 - Retention by line of businessSchedule

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We publish this information to help people understand how we manage personal data.

The DWP personal information charter contains the standards you can expect when we ask for, or hold, your personal information. It also explains the rights you have under data protection law.

Updates to this page

Published 25 May 2018
Last updated 14 MayMarch 20252026 + show all updates
  1. Updated "DWP managing customer records guide" and "DWP managing customer records guide: Appendix 2.2" to versions 6.4.

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Update history

2026-03-04 09:45
Replaced DWP Information Management Policy version 6.9 with version 7.0. Replaced DWP managing customer records guide with DWP Information Management Standard version 1.0. Replaced PDF with Customer Records Retention Schedule version 1.0.

2025-05-01 12:12
Updated “DWP managing customer records guide” and “DWP managing customer records guide: Appendix 2.2” to versions 6.4.

2025-02-05 08:45
Updated “DWP Information Management Policy” to version 6.9. There is a change to terminology in paragraph 4.4.4 about disposing of information. Updated “DWP managing customer records guide” to version 6.3. There is a change to the entry for Industrial Injuries Schemes in Appendix 2.2 to state it does not include national schemes. Appendix 2.2 has been added as a separate document.

2024-10-22 15:37
Updated the DWP Information Management Policy to version 6.8 with changes to paragraphs 1.3 and 4.3.5.

2024-07-22 11:35
Amendments to Information Management Policy (now version 6.7), and Managing Customer Records (now version 6.1) and Appendix 2.2.

2024-04-17 12:18
Published an updated version of the DWP managing customer records guide.

2024-02-05 10:37
Updated DWP: information management policies, paragraphs 1.3, 2.1, 4.1.6, 4.2.3 and 4.3.2.

2023-10-31 12:52
Updated DWP Information Management Policy.

2023-04-03 09:08
Updated ‘Information management policy’ to version 6.4.

2023-01-19 14:16
Updated paragraph 3.8, address to send benefit records to. New address is Heywood (Restore PLC) Unit D, Birch Business Park, Heywood, OL10 2SX.

2023-01-06 15:04
Updated the Managing Customer Records document (section 1, section 3.3.3, section 4.2.5, section 6 and section 7).

2022-10-24 13:41
Changes made to section 7 (Non-standard retention) of the managing customer records guide. The changes have been made to the first sentence of section 7 and to the entry for Finance records.

2022-09-02 10:32
Updated the DWP managing customer records guide.

2022-04-29 10:52
Revised paragraph 17 in the DWP information management policy (IMP). This is version 6.1 of the IMP.