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FCO Exceptions to Spending Control Data

Publisher
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Updated
8 July 2026
Topic
Government spending

Summary

This dataset is a list of those items of spend that have been allowed in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office since the announcement (24 May 2010) of five cross-government moratoria: ICT spend above £1m; Advertising & Marketing; consultancy; Property leases & lease extensions; and Civil Service recruitment.

Data links

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FCO Exceptions to Spending Controls Q1 2020 - Recruitment CSV Preview 30/10/2020
FCO Exceptions to Spending Controls Q1 2020 - Commerical CSV Preview 30/10/2020
FCO Spending Controls - Recruitment Q4 CSV Preview 3/7/2020
FCO spending Controls Data Q4 CSV Preview 3/7/2020
FCO Exceptions to spending controls: Recruitment April - June 2019 CSV Preview 15/10/2019
FCO Exceptions to spending controls: April - June 2019 CSV Preview 15/10/2019
FCO Exceptions to spending controls: Property January - March 2019 CSV Preview 15/10/2019
FCO Exceptions to spending controls: ICT January - March 2019 CSV Preview 15/10/2019
FCO Exceptions to spending controls: facilities management: January - March 2019 CSV Preview 15/10/2019
FCO Exceptions to Spendng Controls: Advertising and Marketing: January - March 2019 CSV Preview 15/10/2019
FCO Exceptions Data Property Q3 Oct-Dec CSV Preview 16/8/2017
FCO Exceptions Data Advertising & Marketing Q3 Oct-Dec 2017 CSV Preview 16/8/2017
FCO Exceptions Data ICT Q3 Oct-Dec 2017 CSV Preview 16/8/2017
Exceptions Data Recruitment Q3 Oct-Dec 2017 CSV Preview 16/8/2017
Exceptions Data Consultants Oct-Dec 2017 CSV Preview 16/8/2017
Exceptions Data July - September 2016 XLS 15/3/2017
FCO Exceptions Property July-September 2016 CSV Preview 15/3/2017
Exceptions Data Advertising & Marketing July-September 2016 CSV Preview 15/3/2017
Exception Data - Recruitment July-September 2016 CSV Preview 15/3/2017
Exceptions Data ICT July-September 2016 CSV Preview 15/3/2017
FCO Exception Data Consultancy July-September 2016 CSV Preview 15/3/2017
ICT Exemptions 1 April - 30 June 2016 CSV Preview 10/11/2016
Advertising and Marketing Exemptions 1 April - 30 June 2016 CSV Preview 10/11/2016
Recruitment Exeptions 1 April - 30 June 2016 CSV Preview 10/11/2016
Consultancy Exemptions 1 April - 30 June 2016 CSV Preview 10/11/2016
Property Exemptions 1 April - 30 June 2016 CSV Preview 10/11/2016
Property Exemptions Q3 2015-2016 CSV Preview 6/10/2016
Advertising and MArketing Exemptions Q4 2015-2016 CSV Preview 6/10/2016
Recruitment Exemptions Q4 2015-2016 CSV Preview 6/10/2016
ICT Exemptions Q4 2015-2016 CSV Preview 6/10/2016
Consultancy Exemption Q4 2015-2016 CSV Preview 6/10/2016
Property Exemptions Q3 2015-2016 CSV Preview 6/10/2016
Advertising and MArketing Exemptions Q3 2015-2016 CSV Preview 6/10/2016
Recruitment Exemptions Q3 2015-2016 CSV Preview 6/10/2016
ICT Exemptions Q3 2015-2016 CSV Preview 6/10/2016
Consultancy Exemption Q3 2015-2016 CSV Preview 6/10/2016
Consultancy Exemption Q2 2015-2016 CSV Preview 6/10/2016
ICT Exemptions Q2 2015-2016 CSV Preview 6/10/2016
Recruitment Exemptions Q2 2015-2016 CSV Preview 6/10/2016
Advertising and MArketing Exemptions Q2 2015-2016 CSV Preview 6/10/2016
Property Exemptions Q2 2015-2016 CSV Preview 6/10/2016
Property Exemptions Q1 2015-2016 CSV Preview 14/10/2015
Advertising and MArketing Exemptions Q1 2015-2016 CSV Preview 14/10/2015
Recruitment Exemptions Q1 2015-2016 CSV Preview 14/10/2015
ICT Exemptions Q1 2015-2016 CSV Preview 14/10/2015
Property Exemption Q4 2014-2015 CSV Preview 14/10/2015
Advertising and Marketing exemption Q4 2014-2015 CSV Preview 14/10/2015
Recruitment Exemptions Q4 2014-2015 CSV Preview 14/10/2015
ICT Exemptions Q4 2014-2015 CSV Preview 14/10/2015
Consultancy Exemption Q4 2014-2015 CSV Preview 14/10/2015
Property Exemptions Q3 2014-2015 CSV Preview 9/3/2015
Advertising & Marketing data Q3 2014-2015 CSV Preview 9/3/2015
Recruitment Exemptions Q3 2014-12015 CSV Preview 9/3/2015
ICT Exemption Q3 2014-2015 CSV Preview 9/3/2015
Consultancy Exemption Q3 2014-2015 CSV Preview 9/3/2015
Property Exemption Jan - Mar 2014 CSV Preview 17/6/2014
Marketing & Advertising Exemption Jan - Mar 2014 CSV Preview 17/6/2014
Recruitment Exemptions Jan - Mar 2014 CSV Preview 17/6/2014
ICT Exemptions Jan - Mar 2014 CSV Preview 17/6/2014
Consultancy Exemption Jan - Mar 2014 CSV Preview 17/6/2014
Recruitment Exemptions Oct 2013 - Dec 2013 CSV Preview 26/3/2014
ICT Exemptions Oct 2013 - Dec 2013 CSV Preview 26/3/2014
Consultancy Exemption Oct 2013 - Dec 2013 CSV Preview 26/3/2014
Marketing & Advertising Exemptions CSV Preview 5/12/2013
Recruitment Exemptions CSV Preview 5/12/2013
All exceptions XLS 20/12/2010

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