Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office supplementary estimates memorandum 2020 to 2021
This explains to the Foreign Affairs Committee and International Development Committee FCDO budgets' changes as part of the Treasury’s supplementary estimates.
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This memorandum further explains the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) information in HM Treasury’s Supplementary Estimates 2020 to 2021 presented to Parliament on 22 February 2021.
It is a formal part of the supplementary estimates process that Parliament uses to approve in-year changes to departmental annual budgets. The FCDO presents the memorandum to its select committees: the Foreign Affairs Committee and the International Development Committee twice each year.
It is divided into 3 sections:
- FCDO objectives, budgets, main areas of spending and drivers for changes in spending including efficiency initiatives
- detail on budget changes presented in the Supplementary Estimate. In particular it includes additional funding from the Treasury, funding returned to the Treasury and budget transfers between central government departments
- how FCDO spending relates to performance against priorities and also gives details of major FCDO projects
The FCDO Overseas Superannuation is published as a separate memorandum. The Overseas Superannuation Account is voted for separately by Parliament because, for supply purposes, it is considered to be a Department in its own right.