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British Indian Ocean Territory: Boats

Question for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

UIN 12295, tabled on 31 January 2024

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, if he will publish the registered nationalities of vessels given permission to anchor in the British Indian Ocean Territory in each of the last five years.

Answered on

8 February 2024

The British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) is constitutionally distinct and separate from the UK and is administered by the BIOT Administration. The FCDO does not hold a record of the nationalities of vessels given permission to anchor in the Territory.