Foreign &
Commonwealth
Office

What we do

The FCO promotes the United Kingdom's interests overseas, supporting our citizens and businesses around the globe.

FCO is a ministerial department, supported by 11 agencies and public bodies.

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Our policies

  1. British nationals overseas
  2. European single market
  3. Peace and stability in the Middle East and North Africa
  4. Exports and inward investment
  5. The Commonwealth

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Documents

Our announcements

  1. UK welcomes EU-Kosovo Stabilisation and Association Agreement

    • Press release
  2. FCO Minister responds to reports of abuses by UN peacekeepers in the CAR

    • Press release

See all our announcements

Our consultations

  1. Consultation on the UK’s Foreign Travel Advice service

    • Open consultation
  2. BIOT Resettlement Policy Review consultation

    • Closed consultation

See all our consultations

Our publications

  1. Brazil – Consular Fees

    • Guidance
  2. FOI release: UK Officer in Charge and ship and aircraft movements Diego Garcia

    • FOI release

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Our statistics

  1. Forced Marriage Unit - Statistics 2015

    • Official Statistics
  2. Factsheet: The UK's non-humanitarian aid response to the Syria crisis

    • Official Statistics

See all our statistics

Our ministers

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    The Rt Hon Philip Hammond MP

    Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

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    The Rt Hon David Lidington MP

    Minister of State for Europe

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    The Rt Hon Hugo Swire MP

    Minister of State at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office

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    The Rt Hon Baroness Anelay of St Johns DBE

    Minister of State at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office

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    James Duddridge MP

    Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

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    Tobias Ellwood MP

    Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Our management

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    Sir Simon McDonald KCMG KCVO

    Permanent Under Secretary and Head of the Diplomatic Service

  • Karen Pierce CMG

    Chief Operating Officer

  • Sir Simon Gass

    Director General, Political

  • Sarah MacIntosh

    Director General, Defence and Intelligence

  • Deborah Bronnert

    Director General, Economic and Consular

  • Dr Catherine Raines FRSA MoID

    Chief Executive, UK Trade & Investment

  • Sir Richard Lambert

    Lead Non Executive Director

  • Warren Tucker

    Non Executive Director

  • Julia Bond

    Non Executive Director

  • Professor Robin Grimes

    FCO Chief Scientific Adviser

Special representatives

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    The Rt Hon Baroness Anelay of St Johns DBE

    Prime Minister’s Special Representative on Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict

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    The Rt Hon Sir Alan Duncan MP

    The government’s Special Envoy to Yemen

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    Sir David King

    Special Representative for Climate Change

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    Owen Jenkins

    Special Representative on Afghanistan and Pakistan

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    Matthew Cannell

    Special Representative for Sudan and South Sudan

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    The Rt Hon Sir Eric Pickles MP

    United Kingdom Special Envoy for post-Holocaust issues

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    Danae Dholakia

    Special Envoy for the African Great Lakes

Contact FCO

Office address

King Charles Street
London

SW1A 2AH

Email fcocorrespondence@fco.gov.uk

General enquiries switchboard 020 7008 1500

Consular assistance 020 7008 1500

Media enquiries

Email newsdesk@fco.gov.uk

News Desk 020 7008 3100

Travel advice

Email TravelAdvicePublicEnquiries@fco.gov.uk

Legalisation and apostille service

Foreign & Commonwealth Office
PO Box 6255
Milton Keynes

MK10 1XX

Email legalisationenquiries@fco.gov.uk

Enquiries 03700 00 22 44 between 12:00 to 16:00 Monday to Friday.

If you need to use British documents for business or personal matters abroad.

Chevening Scholarships

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Chevening Scholarships are the UK government’s global scholarship programme, funded by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and partner organisations.

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