PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Ilois: Finance (21 March 2019)

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 20 March 2019 to Question 233007 on Ilois: Finance, on what dates were the visits organised by the British Indian Ocean Territory Administration between 2000 and 2016 to allow Chagossians access to their homeland; and how many Chagossians participated in each of those visits.

Asked by:
Mike Kane (Labour)

Between 2000 and 2015, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office funded a total of 10 visits, involving 164 Chagossian participants, to the British Indian Overseas Territories. A breakdown is included below:

Year	Month	Number of Chagossians
2006	September	56
2008	February – March	8
2008	November	6
2009	October - November	18
2010	(dates not available)	7
2011	March	12
2011	June	4
2011	November	15
2013	October – November	20
2015	April – May	18
2016	(no visits)	0

On 16 November 2016, I announced the UK's decision to fund a package to improve support for Chagossians. This included an expanded programme of visits to the British Indian Oceans Territories.

Answered by:
Sir Alan Duncan (Conservative)
26 March 2019