Question follow-through · 63176
Chagos Islands: Sovereignty
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 24 June 2025 to Question 61044 on Chagos Islands: Sovereignty, under what description in his Department's annual accounts will expenditure relating
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 26 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 30 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 4 Jul 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
26 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 24 June 2025 to Question 61044 on Chagos Islands: Sovereignty, under what description in his Department's annual accounts will expenditure relating
30 Jun 2025
Target answer date
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4 Jul 2025
Answer published
Any expenditure by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office relating the Diego Garcia Treaty between the UK and Mauritius would be recorded as Grant Expenditure in the Annual Report and Accounts.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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