Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 103252
Chagos Islands: Sovereignty
Tabled: 6 January 2026
Answered: 26 January 2026
Named DayQuestion
Priti Patel
Conservative — Witham
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the full cost of capitalising the Chagossian Trust Fund in the UK-Mauritius Treaty will be met from (a) her Department's budget; and (b) be categorised as ODA expendi
Answer
Stephen DoughtyThe costs of the Treaty will be split between the Ministry of Defence and the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and are non-ODA funded.