Question follow-through · 28084
Chagos Islands: Sovereignty
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Government continues to use £3.4 billion as its headline estimate of the cost of the Chagos agreement.
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 8 Sept 2026
- Target answer date
- 11 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 15 Sept 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
8 Sept 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Government continues to use £3.4 billion as its headline estimate of the cost of the Chagos agreement.
11 Sept 2026
Target answer date
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15 Sept 2026
Answer published
The value of payments under the UK-Mauritius Agreement were set out by the UK government at the time of signature and have not changed. No payments are due under the terms of the UK-Mauritius Agreement until it has been ratified. Full details of the propo...
Official data retrieved 1 Oct 2026.
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