Committee takes evidence on Foreign Office’s global estate
1 March 2010 (updated on 22 April 2010)
The Committee of Public Accounts takes evidence adapting the Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s global estate to the modern world. Watch live from 4.30 pm
- Video and Audio: Foreign and Commonwealth Office evidence session
- Report: Adapting the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's Global Estate to the Modern World (external)
- Committee of Public Accounts
Witnesses
- Sir Peter Ricketts KCMG, Permanent Secretary and Head of HM Diplomatic Service
- James Bevan, Director General, Change and Delivery
- Alan Croney, Head of Estates, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
The report by the National Audit Office report said the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) lacks a clear strategy and comprehensive data to manage its overseas estate effectively.
It added the FCO is taking positive steps to adapt its properties to new global challenges but has not achieved value for money in the management of its estate as a whole.