Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 30622

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: British Indian Ocean Territory

Tabled: 11 February 2025
Answered: 26 February 2025

Question

Steve Barclay

ConservativeNorth East Cambridgeshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many officials in his Department are working on issues related to the Chagos Islands.

Answer

Stephen Doughty
It would be difficult to assess how many officials are working on these issues, given that we do not record and measure the amount of time spent on any one topic where an official covers a range of matters.