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Chagos Islands: Sovereignty

Asked by Robert JenrickReform UKTreasuryTabled Answered 12 February 2025UIN 28962

The question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has conducted a value for money assessment of the proposed agreement with Mauritius on the Chagos Islands.

Answered by Darren Jones

HMT has been working with the FCDO and the MOD on the agreement who, as the lead departments, are responsible for assessing its value for money under the Managing Public Money framework.

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