Transparency and freedom of information releases

This report explains the UK government’s work to support the growth, sustainability and impact of the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights in 2023.

• From: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
• Updated: 8 May 2024

• Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights for businesses operating in complex or fragile environments: 2023 UK annual report

  This report details the work the United Kingdom undertook in 2023 to…

This document is the UK government’s response to the Independent Commission on Aid Impact’s (ICAI’s) March 2024 recommendations on tackling fraud in UK aid.

• From: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
• Updated: 7 May 2024

• FCDO response to the Independent Commission for Aid Impact recommendations on 'Tackling Fraud in UK Aid: Country Case Studies', March 2024

  FCDO welcomes this report and thanks ICAI for the findings it has shared…

This commercial pipeline provides a forward look of potential commercial procurement activity in the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO).

• From: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
• Updated: 12 April 2024

Data on gifts and hospitality received by Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) ministers, their external meetings and overseas travel.

• From: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
• Updated: 5 April 2024

Data on gifts and hospitality received by Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) ministers, their external meetings and overseas travel.

• From: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
• Updated: 5 April 2024

This page provides details of projects that have been funded through the Chagossian Support Package.

• From: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
• Updated: 3 April 2024

The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office's (FCDO) current list of approved British English-language names for countries and territories.

• From: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office and 1 others
• Updated: 25 March 2024

This page lists the Honorary British awards for foreign nationals that His Majesty The King approved during 2024.

• From: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
• Updated: 21 March 2024

Summaries of advice given under the business appointment rules to applicants at SCS2 and SCS1 grades and equivalents.

• From: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
• Updated: 21 March 2024

Data on gifts and hospitality received by Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office special advisers, and meetings they attended with senior media figures.

• From: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
• Updated: 21 March 2024

Data on gifts and hospitality received by Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) ministers, their external meetings and overseas travel.

• From: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
• Updated: 21 March 2024

Data on senior officials’ business expenses and hospitality, and the 2 permanent secretaries' meetings with external organisations.

• From: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
• Updated: 21 March 2024

This page explains how the UK is providing humanitarian assistance to support people in Ukraine and its neighbouring countries following the Russian invasion.

• From: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
• Updated: 20 March 2024

An interim statement by Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of Wimbledon on the human rights situation in the FCDO’s 32 human rights priority countries for January to June 2023.

• From: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
• Updated: 20 March 2024

This report provides an independent portfolio-wide analysis of British International Investment’s (BII’s) investments in the ITS sector group.

• From: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
• Updated: 13 March 2024

Data on gifts and hospitality received by Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) ministers, their external meetings and overseas travel.

• From: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
• Updated: 12 March 2024

Data on senior officials’ business expenses and hospitality, and the 2 permanent secretaries' meetings with external organisations.

• From: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
• Updated: 11 March 2024

Data on gifts and hospitality received by Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) ministers, their external meetings and overseas travel.

• From: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
• Updated: 11 March 2024

These documents set out the number of people accessing FCDO-supported gender-based violence prevention or response services.

• From: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
• Updated: 11 March 2024

The Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission framework document outlines the governance relationship with the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO).

• From: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office and 1 others
• Updated: 6 March 2024