Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2025 to Question 57297 on Chagos Islands: Sovereignty, what the total cost to his Department’s budget in the latest spending review arising from the Chagos Treaty is; and if he will provide a breakdown of that cost in each year of the Spending Review.

The Government has acted to secure our national interest, strengthen our national security, and to protect the British people.

As set out by the Secretary of State in his statement, this is at a cost of less than 0.2% of the annual defence budget.