{"value":{"id":1754489,"askingMemberId":4519,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2025-01-10T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2025-01-15T00:00:00","uin":"23155","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of the UK’s contribution to the cost of Chagos settlement will be funded from his Department’s budget.","answeringBodyId":11,"answeringBodyName":"Ministry of Defence","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":true,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4682,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2025-01-15T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>As a former Defence Minister, the hon. Member will be familiar with the spending processes in the Ministry of Defence. Spending decisions will be taken in the usual way in due course.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Chagos Islands: Sovereignty","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1754489","method":"GET"}]}