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

FCO 79

1964-1980

This series contains Personnel Department files on Diplomatic Service personnel matters, including arrangements for the formation of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and FCO responses to the 1969 Duncan Report on Britain's overseas representation.

DSP and XP file series

Public Record(s)

English

• Diplomatic Service Administration Office, Personnel (General and Training) Department, 1967-1968
• Diplomatic Service Administration Office, Personnel (Operations) Department, 1967-1968
• Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Personnel (General and Training) Department, 1968-1969
• Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Personnel Policy Department, 1969-1969
• Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Personnel Services Department, 1969-1969
• Foreign and Commonwealth, Personnel Operations Department, 1968-1992

550 file(s)

Open unless otherwise stated

From 2001 Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Topics

International

File series began in 1967

Series is accruing

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 and the formation of FCO.

The two Personnel Departments handled all personnel work for the Diplomatic Service, including the structure of the service, recruitment, training, conduct and discipline, appointments and postings, promotion and career planning and welfare matters.

On the formation of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in October 1968, the Diplomatic Service Administration Office was abolished, and the functions of the Personnel Departments passed directly to the new office. The work of the Personnel (General and Training) Department was split between the Personnel Policy Department and the Personnel Services Department in 1969.

The Personnel Operations Department continued until 1992, when its work involving career planning, postings, appointments and promotions passed to a Personnel Management Department.