Oral Question·Ministry of Defence
“What estimate he has made of the cost to his Department of the UK/Mauritius Agreement concerning the Chagos Archipelago including Diego Garcia.”
Tabled: 24 June 2025Answered: 30 June 2025
Asked by
Greg Smith
Conservative — Mid Buckinghamshire
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Defence
Answer from Hansard
The Minister for the Armed Forces (Luke Pollard)
As the Defence Secretary has said, the cost of the agreement represents less than 0.2% of the annual MOD budget. This has secured unrestricted access to and use of the base on Diego Garcia, control over movement of all persons and good on the base, and control of all communications and electronic systems. It is a good deal.