British Indian Ocean Territory: Defence

(asked on 22nd May 2023) - View Source

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.


Answered by
David Rutley Portrait
David Rutley
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
This question was answered on 26th May 2023

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.

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