Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 62582

Chagos Islands: Sovereignty

Tabled: 25 June 2025

Answered: 2 July 2025

Question

Priti Patel

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 23 June 2025 to Question 58962 on Chagos Islands: Sovereignty, what the previous currency was prior to the shift to sterling values; whether the ind

Answer

Stephen Doughty

The finance package was previously denominated in US Dollars. Transferring to Sterling reduced future foreign exchange risks for the UK and had no impact on overall cost. There was no change to the indexation measure between October 2024 and May 2025. I r...

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