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Diego Garcia: Military Bases

Asked by Blake StephensonConservativeForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled Answered 30 January 2025UIN 25403

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an estimate of the annual difference between (a) the current cost of administering the British Indian Ocean Territory and (b) the proposed cost of leasing the Diego Garcia base from Mauritius.

Answered by Stephen Doughty

It is established practice not to publish payments made for overseas military bases.

The Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office provides funding to the BIOT Administration to help support the good governance of the Territory. In FY 23/24, the FCDO provided £29.3 million of funding.

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