Diego Garcia: Security
Commons · Question 74983 · Tabled 4 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Defence · Official record
Answered 11 Sep 2025
Question
Asked by Blake Stephenson
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 8 July 2025 to Question 64210 on Chagos Islands: Sovereignty, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of increasing the number of civilian visits to Diego Garcia on securit
Answer
Answered by Al Carns, 11 Sep 2025
Chagossian Heritage Visits to Diego Garcia were routine prior to COVID-19. They are not frequent, are limited in the number of participants and are tightly controlled. Any person visiting Diego Garcia is subject to a number of security protocols.