Question follow-through · 28962

Chagos Islands: Sovereignty

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has conducted a value for money assessment of the proposed agreement with Mauritius on the Chagos Islands.

answeredTreasury

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Answering body
Treasury
Tabled
5 Feb 2025
Target answer date
12 Feb 2025
Answer
12 Feb 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 5 Feb 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has conducted a value for money assessment of the proposed agreement with Mauritius on the Chagos Islands.

  2. 12 Feb 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 12 Feb 2025

    Answer published

    HMT has been working with the FCDO and the MOD on the agreement who, as the lead departments, are responsible for assessing its value for money under the Managing Public Money framework.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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