Written Question·Treasury·UIN 64055
Sovereignty: Chagos Islands
Tabled: 1 July 2025
Answered: 9 July 2025
Question
Alex Burghart
Conservative — Brentwood and Ongar
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2024 to Question 54793 on British Indian Ocean Territory: Sovereignty, what proportion of the costs will come from the (a) Ministry of Defence and (b) Foreign, Commonwealth and Devel
Answer
Darren JonesThe payments to Mauritius will be split between the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and Ministry of Defence. They will be published in the normal manner alongside other departmental spend in the annual accounts.