Oral Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
“How much and what proportion of the funding due to be allocated to Mauritius as part of the agreement concerning the Chagos Archipelago will come from her Department’s budget.”
Tabled: 22 October 2025Answered: 28 October 2025
Asked by
Jack Rankin
Conservative — Windsor
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
Answer from Hansard
The Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (Stephen Doughty)
We have secured a deal that will protect the operation of the UK-US base on Diego Garcia well into the next century. The payments made under the deal will be split between the Foreign Office and the Ministry of Defence, and published in the annual accounts of each Department.