• Annual reports and official publications
• Treaty command papers and explanatory memoranda
• Treaties
• Transparency and data
• Spend
• Government procurement card data
• Exceptions data
• Capability Action Plan 2011
• Government contracts
• ICT tenders and contracts
• Quarterly returns by Ministers, Special Advisers and the Permanent Under Secretary
• FCO staff and salary data
• FCO staff organogram
• Energy usage
• Food Procurement
• Consular data
• Country data
• London Diplomatic List
• Tax arrangements of public sector appointees
• Colonial administration files
• Freedom of information

Spend

The Coalition Government is committed to publishing departmental spend over £25,000 as part of its commitment to transparency and open government.

Below is the Foreign Office spend in the UK for transactions totalling over £25,000 published by month. We have published our spend in line with Cabinet Office guidelines which allow for data protection of individuals and security constraints. 

2011

• October CSV file (40KB)
  
• September CSV file (452KB)
  
• August CSV file (424KB)
• July CSV file (476KB)
  
• June CSV file (600KB)
• May CSV file (71KB)
  
• April CSV file (611KB)
• March CSV file (33KB)
  
• February CSV file (443KB)
• January CSV file (907KB)

2010

• December CSV file (48KB)
• November CSV file (192KB)
• October CSV file (588KB)
• September CSV file (86KB)
• August CSV file (79KB)
• July CSV file (53KB)
• June CSV file (80KB)
• May CSV file (37KB)
• April CSV file (57KB)
  

You can view the spend data from other government departments on data.gov.uk and on the Number10 website.

   

Freedom of Information

The FCO already publishes a wide variety of information proactively through the Information Commissioner's Publication Scheme, and in response to requests under the Freedom of Information Act. See our Freedom of Information section.

Useful links

• Number10 and transparency
• data.gov.uk
national and local data for free re-use
• Cabinet Office information on transparency