Catalogue description Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Inspectorate: Registered Files (XN Series)

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Details of FCO 84
Reference: FCO 84
Title: Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Inspectorate: Registered Files (XN Series)
Description:

This series contains records relating to policy on Diplomatic Service inspections and records of significant inspections of particular posts or departments.

Date: 1970-1980
Related material:

A few policy files of the Commonwealth Relations Office Inspectorate are in DO 218

Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: XN File Series
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Inspectorate, 1968-1985

Physical description: 52 file(s)
Access conditions: Open unless otherwise stated
Immediate source of acquisition:

From 2001 Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Accumulation dates: File series ran from 1968 to 1985
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 inspection of home and overseas diplomatic service operations.
Accruals: Series is accruing
Administrative / biographical background:

Between 1968 and 1985 the Diplomatic Service Inspectorate undertook management review and inspection of home departments and overseas posts to assess the effectiveness of the operations carried out and to make staffing level recommendations. The home and overseas functions of the inspectorate were split in 1985, when separate Overseas Inspectorate and Management Review Staff Departments were formed.

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