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Asking for your data during a redundancy

If you've been selected for redundancy, your scores and the notes behind them are your data. Asking for them can show how the decision was made.

What to ask for

  • Your selection scores and the criteria used
  • Comments or notes made when you were scored
  • Notes of your consultation meetings
  • Emails and messages about your selection

What you won't get

  • Other employees' scores or details, which are their personal data.
  • Records of management planning, such as redundancy proposals, can be held back while sharing them would harm the business. Once decisions are made, that reason usually falls away.
  • Records of your employer's intentions in negotiations with you, such as settlement talks, can be held back while sharing them would harm those negotiations.

Ask early

Consultation can move quickly. Asking at the start gives you the best chance of seeing your scores while there's still time to raise questions about them.

If you want to challenge it

Watch the deadline

Most employment tribunal claims must be started within three months less one day of what happened, and you have to contact Acas for early conciliation first. A subject access request does not pause that deadline.

What to put in your request

  • Your selection scores and criteria
  • Scoring notes and comments about you
  • Consultation meeting notes
  • Emails about your selection
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Sources: UK GDPR Article 15; Data Protection Act 2018, Schedule 2; Data (Use and Access) Act 2025; Acas Code of Practice on disciplinary and grievance procedures; ICO guidance on the right of access. Last reviewed 7 October 2026. General information about UK data protection law, not legal advice. If you're in a dispute with your employer, speak to a solicitor, your union or Acas.