Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 64023

British Indian Ocean Territory: Marine Protected Areas

Tabled: 1 July 2025
Answered: 8 July 2025

Question

Priti Patel

ConservativeWitham

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much funding from the public purse has been used to support the Marine Protected Area around the British Indian Ocean Territory in each year since 2010.

Answer

Stephen Doughty
The British Indian Ocean Territory Administration has responsibility for the management and monitoring of its Marine Protected Area, including the funding to support this.