Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 25988

Chagos Islands: Sovereignty

Tabled: 23 January 2025
Answered: 30 January 2025
Named Day

Question

Mr Mark Francois

ConservativeRayleigh and Wickford

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the cost to the public purse is of negotiations with the Government of Mauritius over the sovereignty of the Chagos Islands since 5 July 2024.

Answer

Stephen Doughty
Costs, including those of staffing, legal counsel, travel and accommodation and other expenses arising from the negotiations have been incorporated into the budgets of those Departments involved in the negotiations. There has been no central aggregation o...

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