Question follow-through · 25990

Cabinet Office: British Indian Ocean Territory

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the total cost of (a) travel and (b) accommodation was for the Special Envoy for the Chagos negotiations during those negotiations.

answeredForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office

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Answering body: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tabled: 23 Jan 2025
Target answer date: 28 Jan 2025
Answer: 3 Feb 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

23 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the total cost of (a) travel and (b) accommodation was for the Special Envoy for the Chagos negotiations during those negotiations.
28 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
3 Feb 2025
Answer published
It remains our intention to decide on publication of costs associated with Jonathan Powell's role as the Prime Minister's BIOT Envoy at a later date.

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