Heads of Colleges and Schools and managers of administrative and support services have overall responsibility for:
- ensuring compliance with the information legislation (freedom of information and data protection) within their area.
- developing and encouraging good information handling practices within their areas of responsibility.
- managing records generated by their activities i.e. ensuring that records controlled within their area are managed in an appropriate way.
Designated roles
Each area should have a designated Information Practitioner. As the head of a business area, you should ensure this role is allocated to appropriate members of staff.