Information type	Keep for	Keep from	Legislation or business reason
Channel Duty Records	Six years	Creation	Limitation act 1980
Domestic Homicide Reviews	Six years	Closure of Domestic Homicide Review	Business decision.
Road network shelter plan	Until succeeded	Creation	Civil Contingencies Act 2004
Rabies plan	Until succeeded	Creation	Civil Contingencies Act 2044
Major incident recovery plan	Permanent	Creation	Civil Contingencies Act 2004
Maritime incidents public inquiries	Permanent	Creation	Business need
Gas pollution – control of major accident hazards – COMAH	Until succeeded	Creation	Civil Contingencies Act 2004
Flu pandemic excess deaths plan	Until succeeded	Creation	Civil Contingencies Act 2004
Flooding	Until succeeded	Creation	Civil Contingencies Act 2004
Exotic disease control plan	Until succeeded	Creation	Animal Health Act 1981
Emergency incident response management	Until succeeded	Creation	Civil Contingencies Act 2004
Domestic violence REPAIR programme	10 years	Programme entry	Domestic Violence Crime and Victims Act 2004
Domestic violence partnership governance-reports	To be confirmed	Creation	Crime and Disorder Act 1998
Domestic violence partnership agendas and minutes	To be confirmed	Creation	Crime and Disorder Act 1998
Domestic violence contacts	Until superceded	Creation	Business need
Domestic violence business plans	Rolling database	Creation	Local decision
Domestic violence awareness training	Permanent	Creation	Business reason
Domestic violence annual reports	Permanent	Creation	Local decision
Coastal pollution	Until succeeded	Creation	Civil Contingencies Act 2004
Civil emergencies	Until succeeded	Creation	Civil Contingencies Act 2004
Pollution – chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear – plans	Until succeeded	Creation	Civil Contingencies Act 2004
Business continuity plans	Until succeeded	Creation	Local decision
Avian flu plans	Permanent	Creation	Local Authorities Coordinators of Regulatory Services (LACORS)
Foot and mouth plans	Until succeeded	Creation	Animal Health Act 1981
Animal burial – anthrax	Permanent	Creation	Best practice

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