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Chagos Islands: Sovereignty

Commons · Question 28802 · Tabled 10 Sep 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 18 Sep 2026

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Asked by Alex Burghart

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, if he will ask the Government Actuary's Departm

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Answered by Uma Kumaran, 18 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. What has changed is the Social Time Preference Rate applied in the calculation of the forecast net present value, which...