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Chagos Islands: Sovereignty

Commons · Question 20513 · Tabled 28 Aug 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 8 Sep 2026

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Asked by Mike Wood

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the answer of 8 January 2026 to Question 101383 on Government Actuary’s Department: Freedom of Information, what is the basis by the Government Actuary's de

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Answered by Uma Kumaran, 8 Sep 2026

The inflation rate applied to the calculation at the time of signature was the forecast GDP Deflator from the March 2025 Economic and Fiscal Outlook Report by the Office for Budgetary Responsibility (OBR); the discount rate applied was the Social Time Pre...