Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 75281
Chagos Islands: Sovereignty
Tabled: 4 September 2025
Answered: 17 September 2025
Question
Priti Patel
Conservative — Witham
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will publish all the estimates he received on the financial costs of the UK-Mauritius Treaty from the Government Actuary's Department since 5 July 2024.
Answer
Stephen DoughtyThe cost of the Diego Garcia military base agreement in today's money is £101 million while the net present value over 99 years is £3.4 billion. These figures have been verified by the Government Actuary's Department and draw on long-established methodolo...
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