Diego Garcia: USA
Commons · Question 55603 · Tabled 30 May 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Question
Asked by Martin Wrigley
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what proportion of UK-US sub-rental of Diego Garcia atoll will be offset in the next financial year by the same year's equivalent payment of the UK's exit deal of the Chagos
Answer
Answered by Stephen Doughty, 9 Jun 2025
As agreed in the US-UK Exchange of Notes which governs the US use of Diego Garcia, there is no direct payment between the US and the UK for use of the base. The US pays for the operating and maintenance costs of the Naval Support Facility on Diego Garcia,...