Question follow-through · 2760
British Indian Ocean Territory: Private Military and Security Companies
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much his Department has spent on private security companies in the British Indian Ocean Territory in each of the last five years.
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 30 Aug 2024
- Target answer date
- 3 Sept 2024
- Answer
- 6 Sept 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
30 Aug 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much his Department has spent on private security companies in the British Indian Ocean Territory in each of the last five years.
3 Sept 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
6 Sept 2024
Answer published
The FCDO provides financial support to the BIOT Administration to enable it to discharge its responsibilities. We are not aware of the FCDO itself having spent any money on private security companies in BIOT in the last five years.
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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