Chagos Islands: Sovereignty
Commons · Question 28084 · Tabled 8 Sep 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record
Answered 15 Sep 2026
Question
Asked by Andrew Snowden
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Government continues to use £3.4 billion as its headline estimate of the cost of the Chagos agreement.
Answer
Answered by Uma Kumaran, 15 Sep 2026
The value of payments under the UK-Mauritius Agreement were set out by the UK government at the time of signature and have not changed. No payments are due under the terms of the UK-Mauritius Agreement until it has been ratified. Full details of the propo...