Question follow-through · 36452

British Indian Ocean Territory: Marine Protected Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the annual cost to the public purse is of maintaining the Chagos Marine Protected Area.

answeredForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office

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Answering body: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tabled: 7 Mar 2025
Target answer date: 12 Mar 2025
Answer: 18 Mar 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

7 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the annual cost to the public purse is of maintaining the Chagos Marine Protected Area.
12 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 Mar 2025
Answer published
The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) provides money for the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) Administration for the good governance of the territory, including environmental protection. The FCDO does not itself spend money for main...

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