FCO Exceptions to Spending Control Data

Name: FCO Exceptions to Spending Control Data
Creator: Foreign and Commonwealth Office
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

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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.

Files & links (66)

Resource	Format	Verified	Size
FCO-moriatorium-exceptions-list-2010	XLS	↪ webpage — more clicking needed	17 KB
Q2_exceptions_reporting_-_Recruitment_return.csv	CSV	unchecked
Q2_exceptions_reporting_-_Advertising___Marketing.csv	CSV	unchecked
Q3_Exceptions_Reporting_-_Consultancy_return.csv	CSV	unchecked
Q3_Exceptions_Reporting_-_ICT_return.csv	CSV	unchecked
Q3_Exceptions_Reporting_-_Recruitment_return.csv	CSV	unchecked
Q4_Exceptions_Reporting_-_Consultancy_return.csv	CSV	unchecked
Q4_Exceptions_Reporting_-_ICT_return.csv	CSV	unchecked
Q4_Exceptions_Reporting_-_Recruitment_return.csv	CSV	unchecked
Q4_Exceptions_Reporting_-_Advertising__Marketing_return.csv	CSV	unchecked
Q4_Exceptions_Reporting_-_Property_return.csv	CSV	unchecked
2014-15_FCO_Q3_Publication_of_Expenditure_Approvals__Consultancy_.csv	CSV	unchecked
2014-15_FCO_Q3_Publication_of_Expenditure_Approvals__ICT_.csv	CSV	unchecked
2014-15_FCO_Q3_Publication_of_Expenditure_Approvals__Recruitment_.csv	CSV	unchecked
2014-15_FCO_Q3_Publication_of_Expenditure_Approvals__Advertising___Marketing_.csv	CSV	unchecked
2014-15_FCO_Q3_Publication_of_Expenditure_Approvals__Property_.csv	CSV	unchecked
2014-15_Q4_Expenditure_Approvals_-Consultancy.csv	CSV	unchecked
2014-15_Q4_Expenditure_Approvals_-_ICT.csv	CSV	unchecked
2014-15_Q4_Expenditure_Approvals_-Recuitment.csv	CSV	unchecked
2014-15_Q4_Expenditure_Approvals_-Advertising___Marketing.csv	CSV	unchecked
2014-15_Q4_Expenditure_Approvals_-_Property.csv	CSV	unchecked
2015-16_Q1_Expenditure_Approvals_-_ICT.csv	CSV	unchecked
2015-16_Q1_Expenditure_Approvals_-_Recruitment.csv	CSV	unchecked
2015-16_Q1_Expenditure_Approvals_-_Advertising___Marketing.csv	CSV	unchecked
2015-16_Q1_Expenditure_Approvals_-_Property.csv	CSV	unchecked
2015-16_Expenditure_Approvals_-_Property.csv	CSV	unchecked
2015-16_Q2_Expenditure_Approvals_-_Adv___Mark.csv	CSV	unchecked
2015-16_Q2_Expenditure_Approvals_-_Recruitment.csv	CSV	unchecked
2015-16_Expenditure_Approvals_-_ICT.csv	CSV	unchecked
2015-16_Q2_Expenditure_Approvals_-_Consultancy.csv	CSV	unchecked
Exemption_data__-__consultancy.csv	CSV	unchecked
Exemption_data_-__ICT.csv	CSV	unchecked
Exemption_data__-__Recruitment.csv	CSV	unchecked
Exemption_data__-__advertising_and_marketing.csv	CSV	unchecked
Exemption_data__-__Property.csv	CSV	unchecked
Exemption_data_-_consultancy.csv	CSV	unchecked
Exemption_data_-_ICT.csv	CSV	unchecked
Exemption_data_-_recruitment.csv	CSV	unchecked
Exemption_data_-_advertising_and_marketing.csv	CSV	unchecked
Exemption_data_-_property.csv	CSV	unchecked
2016-17_Q1_Expenditure_Approvals_-_Property.csv	CSV	unchecked
2016-17_Q1_Expenditure_Approvals_-_Consultancy.csv	CSV	unchecked
2016-17_Q1_Expenditure_Approvals_-_Recruitment.csv	CSV	unchecked
2016-17_Q1_Expenditure_Approvals_-_Adv___Mark.csv	CSV	unchecked
2016-17_Q1_Expenditure_Approvals_-_ICT.CSV	CSV	unchecked
2016-17_Q2_Expenditure_Approvals_-_Consultancy.csv	CSV	unchecked
2016-17_Q2_Expenditure_Approvals_-_ICT.csv	CSV	unchecked
2016-17_Q2_Expenditure_Approvals_-_Recuitment.csv	CSV	unchecked
2016-17_Q2_Expenditure_Approvals_-_Adv___Mark.csv	CSV	unchecked
2016-17_Q2_Expenditure_Approvals_-_Property.csv	CSV	unchecked
FY_2016-17_FCO_Q2_Publication_of_Expenditure_Approvals_Final.xlsx	XLS	unchecked
2016-17_Q3_Expenditure_Approvals_-_Consultancy.csv	CSV	unchecked
2016-17_Q3_Expenditure_Approvals_-_Recruitment.csv	CSV	unchecked
2016-17_Q3_Expenditure_Approvals_-_ICT.CSV	CSV	unchecked
2016-17_Q3_Expenditure_Approvals_-_Adv___Mark.csv	CSV	unchecked
2016-17_Q3_Expenditure_Approvals_-_Property.csv	CSV	unchecked
FCO Exceptions to Spendng Controls: Advertising and Marketing: January - March 2019	CSV	unchecked
FCO Exceptions to spending controls: facilities management: January - March 2019	CSV	unchecked
FCO Exceptions to spending controls: ICT January - March 2019	CSV	unchecked
FCO Exceptions to spending controls: Property January - March 2019	CSV	unchecked
FCO Exceptions to spending controls: April - June 2019	CSV	unchecked
FCO Exceptions to spending controls: Recruitment April - June 2019	CSV	unchecked
FCO spending Controls Data Q4	CSV	unchecked
FCO Spending Controls - Recruitment Q4	CSV	unchecked
FCO Exceptions to Spending Controls Q1 2020 - Commerical	CSV	unchecked
FCO Exceptions to Spending Controls Q1 2020 - Recruitment	CSV	unchecked

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