Question follow-through · 54535
Chagos Islands: Sovereignty
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has a line in his Departmental budget for costs arising from the planned transfer of sovereignty of the British Indian Ocean Territory to Mauritius.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 22 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 2 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 6 Jun 2025 · 15 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Defence and foreign affairs
- Ministry of Defence: Paper · 1 Sept 2025
- Ministry of Defence: Stationery · 1 Sept 2025
- Ministry of Defence: Procurement · 1 Sept 2025
- Bloody Sunday Tribunal of Inquiry: Legal Costs · 15 Jun 2026
- Armed Forces: Northern Ireland · 15 Jun 2026
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Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment · 23 Jun 2026
- Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness · 23 Jun 2026
- Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 · 22 Jun 2026
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Recorded timeline
22 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has a line in his Departmental budget for costs arising from the planned transfer of sovereignty of the British Indian Ocean Territory to Mauritius.
2 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
6 Jun 2025
Answer published
Costs relating to the Chagos agreement will be incurred from financial year 2026-27. These are being considered as part of the wider Government engagement on the second phase of the Spending Review, which concludes on 11 June 2025. The deal secures the un...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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