House of Commons - FCO performance and finances 2011-12

Foreign Affairs Committee - Fifth Report
FCO performance and finances 2011-12

Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 19 March 2013.

Contents

List of Reports from the Committee during the current Parliament

Terms of Reference

Summary

Conclusions and recommendations

1 Introduction

2 FCO ambition and performance

3 FCO network

4 FCO estate

Use of FCO premises by other Government departments

Co-location with other diplomatic services

'Iconic' properties

The target for property sales

5 FCO staff

Disposition of staff

Staffing at overseas posts

Career development and promotion

6 Security at overseas posts

7 BBC World Service

Overall direction

Delivery of services

Freedom of expression

Governance

8 The British Council

The 2010 Spending Review and the British Council

The British Council's response to the Spending Review

The British Council after 2015

The British Council's profile and "brand"

The Council's role in relation to higher and further education

Government policy on student visas

The British Council's view

Formal Minutes

Witnesses

List of printed written evidence

Oral and Written Evidence

6 November 2012

18 December 2012

Written Evidence