Question follow-through · 48890

Chagos Islands: Sovereignty

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many Government officials have been involved in the negotiations with Mauritius over the proposed treaty on the future sovereignty of the British Indian Ocean Territory s

answeredForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office

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Answering body: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tabled: 29 Apr 2025
Target answer date: 6 May 2025
Answer: 6 May 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

29 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many Government officials have been involved in the negotiations with Mauritius over the proposed treaty on the future sovereignty of the British Indian Ocean Territory s
6 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
6 May 2025
Answer published
It would be difficult to assess how many officials are working on the negotiations, given that we do not record and measure the amount of time spent on any one topic where an official covers a range of matters.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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