questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2024 to Question 54793 on British Indian Ocean Territory: Sovereignty, whether his Department's spending on the deal will count towards meeting the (a) 2.5 percent and (b) 3 percent defence spending targets.
answerText: The NATO qualifying status of these costs will be considered in the usual way.
heading: Chagos Islands: Sovereignty