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Diplomatic Service Administration Office and Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Finance...

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Reference FCO 81
Title Diplomatic Service Administration Office and Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Finance Department: Registered Files (DSF and XF Series)
Date 1967-1976
Description

This series contains files of the Finance Department on Diplomatic Service finance and accounting matters.

Held by The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department DSF and XF file series
Legal status Public Record(s)
Language

English

Creator

Diplomatic Service Administration Office, Finance Department, 1965-1968

Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Finance Department, 1968-1992

Physical description 99 file(s)
Access conditions Open unless otherwise stated
Immediate source of acquisition

From 2001 Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Accumulation dates File series ran from 1967 to 1992
Accruals Series is accruing.
Selection and destruction information Records selected by the FCO under PRO supervision under section 2.2.1.3 of the PRO acquisition policy, dealing with the support of UK diplomatic activity overseas.
Administrative/ biographical background

The Finance Department handled the provision of funds for expenditure by the Diplomatic Service at home and overseas, and control and supervision of the various votes accounted for by the head of the service, including the vote for the grant-in-aid of the British Council.

On the formation of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in October 1968, the Diplomatic Service Administration Office was abolished, and the functions of the Finance Department passed directly to the new office. The work of the department passed to a Resource and Finance Department in 1992.