Publication scheme
The scheme specifies the categories of information that the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and its agencies publish, and explains how to find and view it.
The Freedom of Information Act requires us to tell members of the public how they can find information that is routinely made available. Find out more information about this requirement on the Information Commissioner’s Office website. We are using the Information Commissioners’s model publication scheme.
We publish the majority of our information on this website, and specific documents can be found by searching transparency and freedom of information releases.
If the information you want is not routinely published, you can request it under the Freedom of Information Act. Where the information is already published, you will find the required link in the list on this page.
Information about how to access your personal information is in our personal information charter.
Who we are and what we do
Most of this information can be found on our department’s homepage and includes:
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organisational structure - ministers, the FCDO Board, and Permanent Under Secretary
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working in partnership - stakeholder groups, non-departmental public bodies, arms length bodies and agencies
Legislation relevant to the FCDO’s functions
- International Development Act 2002
- International Development (Reporting and Transparency) Act 2006
- International Development (Official Development Assistance Target) Act 2015
- International treaties
- Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations 1961
- Vienna Convention on Consular Relations 1963
- written questions, answers and statements - UK Parliament published by UK Parliament
What we do and how we spend
Links will be added when available on our work and our spending, which includes:
- financial statements, budgets and variance reports, published by HM Treasury
- spend control data
- staff and salary data
- consular management Information
- human resources management information
- capital programme
- spending reviews
- senior staff and board members’ allowances and expenses
- ministerial expenditure
- procurement procedures
- contracts awarded and their value on Contracts Finder
- financial statements for projects and events
- internal financial regulations
- financial audit reports published by the National Audit Office
- Development Tracker
Research and statistics at FCDO
Our priorities and how we are doing
Links will be added when available. This includes:
- FCDO’s outcome delivery plan
- FCDO Annual Report FCDO
- performance reports to Parliament
How we make decisions
FCDO governance, including executive and management boards, ministers and senior staff.