Tax returns and documents

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I’m sorting out papers that were used for tax returns in previous years - P60s but also statements from savings accounts showing the puny amounts of interest I earned in that year.
Can anyone advise how long I should keep these statements for? Some of them are from accounts I no longer have, and I don’t have access online to check (or never did in the first place).
I know HMRC sometimes check tax returns from previous years, and wondered how long I need to keep the “evidence”.

I believe it's six years

Ive just done mine and it says five years on HMRC website.

Thanks both

If you have any pension contributions I would keep P60s until you claim your pension. It may seem a lot but it’s the one thing I have seen cause an issue 20 years later.

Interesting, thanks for that.

I assume statements can be ordered online if requested at a later date?

My employers send me my P60s and they get saved on my computer.

I do save all my 'paperwork' for 6 years, all goes in a big envelope and into a documents drawer in my loft.

You can't order statements online if the account has been closed. Same goes for things like utility bills if you change supplier.

I've worked in accounting since 1979 and I still believe that sometimes, paper records are better than going paperless. Aside from everything else, software changes so much that a document or backup saved 5 years ago might no longer be readable.