Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the comments made by the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, during Departmental Questions on 1 September 2026, how much of the funding for the UK- Mauritius Treaty on the Chagos Archipelago will be allocated from the existing spending review settlement for the FCDO.

Payments will be published in the normal manner alongside other departmental spend in the annual accounts. No payments are due under the terms of the UK-Mauritius agreement until the Treaty has been ratified.