Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information his Department holds on whether the base contractor or other employers on Diego Garcia are required to pay a legal minimum wage.

British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) Employment Ordinance No.7 of 1984 (as amended) covers various aspects of employment law in the Territory and is available in the House of Commons library. BIOT ordinances do not provide for a legal minimum wage and UK minimum wage legislation does not extend to the Territory. As base contractors on Diego Garcia are contracted directly by the United States, we do not hold information regarding employees and employment practice.