Fraud statistics
The fraud statistics for the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.
Fraud statistics
The fraud statistics for the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) are available below:
The fraud statistics previously published for the Department for International Development (DFID) are available below:
The fraud statistics previously published by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) are available below:
- FCO fraud losses, April 2019 to March 2020
- FCO fraud losses, April 2018 to March 2019
- FCO fraud losses, April 2017 to March 2018
The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) Internal Audit and Investigations Directorate (IAID) fraud and safeguarding investigation team is the central point of contact for raising concerns, suspicions and/or allegations of fraud, sexual exploitation and abuse or other corrupt practices. This includes both internal and external cases where FCDO funds, assets or interests (including FCDO’s reputation) are involved, as well as any breach of the Civil Service Code.
The FCDO Internal Audit and Investigations Directorate (IAID) has a dedicated secure email address for raising all concerns: reportingconcerns@fcdo.gov.uk
Alternatively, any concerns can be reported by:
- calling the confidential hotline on +44 (0)1355 843747
- writing to the Director of Internal Audit & Investigations, King Charles Street, London, SW1A 2AH, UK
In order to aid transparency and in line with a commitment made to the Public Accounts Committee, the FCDO publishes annual data on fraud cases that were closed in the previous financial year.
Updates to this page
Last updated 8 September 2021 + show all updates
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Summary of losses from closed cases during 2020 to 2021 added.
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First published.