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FCO budget and capacity, and annual report 2016-17

Inquiry

The aims of this evidence session are:

  • To assess the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO)’s strategy and objectives in light of both the UK's vote to leave the EU and the pursuit of a 'Global Britain';
  • To review the capacity of the FCO to implement UK foreign policy, in particular the Department's resources and professionalisation programme, Diplomacy 20:20;
  • To scrutinise the FCO’s expenditure and performance in 2016–17.

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15 November 2017
Inquiry FCO budget and capacity, and annual report 2016-17
Witnesses Sir Simon McDonald, Permanent Under-Secretary of State, Andrew Sanderson, Finance Director, Peter Jones, Chief Operating Officer, and Miranda Curtis, Lead Non Executive Board Member, Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
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