FOI release

FOI202600012S Copy of the March 2026 Spend data over £25K

Published 26 June 2026

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - REQUEST REF: FOI2026/00012S 

Thank you for your email of 1 June 2026, which was forwarded to FCDO Services on 2 June 2026, asking for information under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2000. You asked: 

“I am looking for some assistance with your organisation’s Spend/Transparency data, available on the following weblink: 

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fcdo-services-departmental-spending-over-25000 

There appears to be no file available for the month of March 2026. Could you advise when the file will be made available to view online? Would it be possible for you to email me a copy of the March 2026 file.” 

I am writing to confirm that we have now completed the search for the information which you requested.   

I can confirm that FCDO Services does hold information relevant to your request, as set out below. 

Section 22 (Information intended for future publication)  

FCDO Services spending over £25,000.00 for March 2026 is exempt under section 22 of the FOIA (information intended for future publication). This information will be published in due course here - https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fcdo-services-departmental-spending-over-25000  

Section 22 of the FOIA is a qualified exemption which is subject to the public interest test and I have therefore considered the public interest in releasing the information you have requested prior to its publication. 

I acknowledge the public interest in FCDO Services spending. However, as we already have a long-standing system of publishing this information, and the latest figures will be released within the next 30 days, I consider that the public interest is already served through our publication scheme. 

Once an FOI request is answered, it is considered to be in the public domain.  To promote transparency, FCDO Services may now publish the response and any material released on GOV.UK in the FOI releases section.  All personal information in the letter will be removed before publishing.  

Where copies of information have been supplied to you they will continue to be protected by the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.  You are free to use it for your own purposes, including any non-commercial research you are doing and for the purposes of news reporting.  Any other re-use, for example commercial publication, would require the permission of the copyright holder.  Most documents supplied by the FCDO will have been produced by government officials and will be protected by Crown Copyright.  To re-use Crown Copyright documents please consult the Open Government Licence v3 on the National Archives website. 

Information you receive which is not subject to Crown Copyright continues to be protected by the copyright of the person, or organisation, from which the information originated. You must ensure that you gain their permission before reproducing any third party (non-Crown Copyright) information. 

If you would like to request a review of our decision, you should write to the Data Protection Officer (DPO), Knowledge and Information Management (KIM) Team, FCDO Services, Hanslope Park, Milton Keynes, England, MK19 7BH (e-mail: FCDOServices.DataProtectionOfficer@fcdo.gov.uk).  Please note you have 40 working days to do so from the date of this letter. Please quote the reference number above in any future communications. 

If you are not content with the outcome of your complaint, you may then apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision.  Generally, the Information Commissioner cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted the complaints procedure provided by the FCDO. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at: Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF, or online at: https://ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint/  

Yours sincerely, 

FOI Officer 

Knowledge and Information Management (KIM) Team 

FCDO Services 

For information about how FCDO Services handles personal information please see our Personal Information Charter.