53rd Report - Cost of maintaining the FCDO’s overseas estate

Select Committee
Public Accounts Committee HC 884 12 November 2025
Report Status Government responded
Conclusions & Recommendations 26 items (9 recs)
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Acknowledged 5
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10 Conclusion Not Addressed
FCDO told us that it is not happy with the current condition of its overseas estate and that this presents a severe risk to the organisation.21 Of FCDO’s 6,500 overseas buildings, 933 (around 15%) do not meet its internal target condition score of 70% or higher, according to which buildings …
Government Response Summary
Acknowledges the committee's conclusion that much of FCDO's overseas estate is in poor condition and has a large maintenance backlog.
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18 Conclusion Not Addressed
In November 2023, FCDO recognised that its £150 million estimate of its overseas estate maintenance backlog was likely to be an underestimate and commissioned professional surveyors to conduct a one-off exercise to identify the true backlog.47 FCDO ran a programme between April and October 2024 to collect data at 100 …
Government Response Summary
Acknowledges the committee's conclusion that FCDO's overseas estate is in poor condition and has a large maintenance backlog.
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