[holding answer 20 March 2008]: A list of internal departments within the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) on 26 March 2008 is given. The FCO is composed of directorates and other teams. Departments are listed by directorate. Where a directorate is not divided into departments, or where a team exists outside a directorate, these directorates and teams are listed separately. The organisational structure of the FCO changes and this list reflects the situation on the current date. Asterisks have been used to show where an FCO unit is jointly managed by the FCO and other Whitehall Departments.
Africa Directorate
Africa Department (Equatorial)
Africa Department (Southern)
Pan Africa Policy Unit
Sudan Unit
Americas Directorate
Caribbean, Mexico and Central America Team
North America Team
South America Team
Asia-Pacific Directorate
Far Eastern Group
South East Asia and Pacific Group
Communication Directorate
Internal Communication and Public Relations Group
Press Office
Public Diplomacy Group
Consular Directorate
Consular Assistance Group
Consular Crisis Group
Passport and Documentary Services Group
Consular Resources Group
Consular Strategy, Communications and Training Group
Directorate for Defence and Strategic Threats
Counter Proliferation Department
Counter Terrorism Department
Drugs and International Crime Department
Europe Directorate
Europe Delivery Group
Europe Global Group
Enlargement South East and Wider Europe Group
Western Mediterranean Group
Western Balkans Group
FCO Response Centre
FCO Services
Finance Directorate
Global and Economic Issues Directorate
Climate Change and Energy Group
Global Economy Group
Science and Innovation Group
Sustainable Development and Business Group
Human Resources Directorate
Information and Technology Directorate
International Security Directorate
Conflict Group
Human Rights, Democracy and Good Governance Group
International Organisations Department
Security Policy Department
Stabilisation Unit*
Legal Advisers
Middle East and North Africa Directorate
Arab Israel and North Africa Group
Arabian Peninsula Group
Iran Coordination Group
Iraq Group
Migration Directorate
Ministerial Offices
Ministerial Support Unit
Overseas Territories Directorate
Parliamentary Relations Team
Permanent Under Secretary's Office
Policy Planning Staff
Protocol Directorate
Russia, South Caucasus and Central Asia Directorate
Security and Estates Directorate
South Asia and Afghanistan Directorate
Afghanistan Group
Afghanistan Drugs Interdepartmental Unit
South Asia Group
UKvisas*
UK Trade and Investment*