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Written Question
British Indian Ocean Territory: Sovereignty
Monday 3rd March 2025

Asked by: Robert Jenrick (Conservative - Newark)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 12 February 2025 to Question 28962, whether his Department has conducted a value for money assessment of the proposed agreement with Mauritius on the Chagos Islands.

Answered by Luke Pollard - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence)

The treaty is not finalised yet, when the deal is finalised, the Government will put it before the House.


Written Question
Army: Training
Monday 27th November 2017

Asked by: Robert Jenrick (Conservative - Newark)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

What plans he has to maintain British Army training in Kenya.

Answered by Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton

There are no plans to stop British Army training in Kenya, and we will be discussing the location of future training with the Kenyan Government.