PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
(21 January 2025)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an estimate of the annual difference between (a) the current cost of administering the British Indian Ocean Territory and (b) the proposed cost of leasing the Diego Garcia base from Mauritius.
Asked by:
Blake Stephenson (Conservative)
Asked by:
Blake Stephenson (Conservative)
Answer
It is established practice not to publish payments made for overseas military bases.
The Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office provides funding to the BIOT Administration to help support the good governance of the Territory. In FY 23/24, the FCDO provided £29.3 million of funding.
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