| Information type | Keep for | Keep from | Legislation or business reason |
|---|---|---|---|
| Proud to care applications – unsuccessful candidates | 12 months | Creation | Local business need |
| Proud to care applications – successful candidates | 6 years | Creation | |
| Blue badge applications | 1 year | From expiry of blue badge | Business decision. |
| Disability registration – expired cases | Eight years after date of last contact or death | Date of last contact or death | Professional best practice |
| Disability registration – open cases | Until the client reaches the age 0f 100 or eight years after death | Date of birth or death | Professional best practice |
| Physical impairment client cases | Eight years | Date of last contact or death | Business need |
| Older people client cases | Eight years | Date of last contact or death | Business need |
| Adult safeguarding deprivation of liberty – whole homes | Permanent | When substantiated | |
| Residential and nursing home inspections | Five years | Creation | |
| Residential and nursing homes – non client | Three years | Creation | |
| Aids and adaptations – legal property charges | Ten years | Date of provision | |
| Mental health | Eight or twenty years | Death or from date no further treatment necessary | |
| Learning disability – community or in house | Eight years | Date of last contact or death |
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| Adult safeguarding deprivation of liberty – individuals | Three to thirty years depending on severity | Date of last alert or authorisation |