Diego Garcia: Military Bases
Commons · Question 36670 · Tabled 10 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Defence · Official record
Answered 13 Mar 2025
Question
Asked by Wendy Morton
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what financial arrangements have been made for the continued lease of the Diego Garcia military base; and what estimate he has made of the annual costs of that base.
Answer
Answered by Luke Pollard, 13 Mar 2025
There is no lease with respect to Diego Garcia. US presence and operations in the British Indian Ocean Territory are governed by a series of international agreements, beginning with a 1966 Exchange of Notes between the US and UK The direct cost to the Min...