Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department made of the annual cost to the Government of maintaining military installations and infrastructure in the Chagos Islands.
There are ongoing costs to maintain the military installations and infrastructure on the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) to ensure the continual effective operation of the joint UK/US base on Diego Garcia. The FCDO provides annual funding to the BIOT Administration, which covers wider civilian maintenance costs.