Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 54534
Chagos Islands: Sovereignty
Tabled: 22 May 2025
Answered: 5 June 2025
Question
Katie Lam
Conservative — Weald 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 DoughtyThe 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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