Question follow-through · 28536
Chagos Islands: Sovereignty
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 30 January to Question 25988 on British Indian Ocean Territory: Sovereignty, how much has been spent on the Chagos Islands negotiations by his Depar
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 4 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 10 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 12 Feb 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
4 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 30 January to Question 25988 on British Indian Ocean Territory: Sovereignty, how much has been spent on the Chagos Islands negotiations by his Depar
10 Feb 2025
Target answer date
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12 Feb 2025
Answer published
The costs to which I referred in the Answer to Question 25988 have not been centrally aggregated between Departments or within the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. The negotiations began in 2022, and to identify the costs would incur dispropo...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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