Written Question·Ministry of Defence·UIN 64057

Chagos Islands: Sovereignty

Tabled: 1 July 2025
Answered: 8 July 2025

Question

Alex Burghart

ConservativeBrentwood and Ongar

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2024 to Question 54793 on British Indian Ocean Territory: Sovereignty, whether his Department's spending on the deal will count towards meeting the (a) 2.5 percent and (b) 3 perce

Answer

Luke Pollard
The NATO qualifying status of these costs will be considered in the usual way.