Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 10 June 2025 to Question 56762, on Chagos Islands: Sovereignty, from which line of his Department’s budget the economic partnership with Mauritius will be resourced from.

The costs associated with the deal will be split between the Ministry of Defence and the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.