Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 54534

Chagos Islands: Sovereignty

Tabled: 22 May 2025
Answered: 5 June 2025

Question

Katie Lam

ConservativeWeald of Kent

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has a line in his Departmental budget for costs arising from the planned transfer of sovereignty of the British Indian Ocean Territory to Mauritius.

Answer

Stephen Doughty
The Agreement will be underpinned by a financial package which will consist of: an annual payment; a Development Framework underpinned by UK grant funding; and a Trust Fund to benefit Chagossians.  Costs and other aspects of the Treaty can be found at the...

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