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Sovereignty: Chagos Islands

Asked by Alex BurghartConservativeTreasuryTabled Answered 9 July 2025UIN 64055

The question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2024 to Question 54793 on British Indian Ocean Territory: Sovereignty, what proportion of the costs will come from the (a) Ministry of Defence and (b) Foreign, Commonwealth and Devel

Answered by Darren Jones

The payments to Mauritius will be split between the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and Ministry of Defence. They will be published in the normal manner alongside other departmental spend in the annual accounts.

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