United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 36670
Diego Garcia: Military Bases
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10 March 2025
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13 March 2025 · Answer
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13 March 2025
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what financial arrangements have been made for the continued lease of the Diego Garcia military base; and what estimate he has made of the annual costs of that base.
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10 March 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what financial arrangements have been made for the continued lease of the Diego Garcia military base; and what estimate he has made of the annual costs of that base.
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13 March 2025
Answer
There is no lease with respect to Diego Garcia. US presence and operations in the British Indian Ocean Territory are governed by a series of international agreements, beginning with a 1966 Exchange of Notes between the US and UK The direct cost to the Min...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-03-10/36670
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1782722
- uk · wq-1782722 · source updated 13 March 2025