Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs written question – answered at on 10 January 2012.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the total legal costs have been incurred to date by his Department in defending actions brought by the Chagos Islanders; and what the cost to date to the public purse is of the case before the European Court of Human Rights.
Legal costs incurred by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in defending cases brought by Chagossians are £1,757,390.92, inc VAT, since 2001. We do not hold easily accessible figures for the Vencatassen case brought in 1975.
Additionally, the costs to the public purse related to the European Court of Human Rights case are £32,377 ex VAT. These figures do not include legal aid to the plaintiffs.
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