Written question asked by Andrew Rosindell (Conservative) on Monday, 6 July 2020, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 8 July 2020. It was answered by Wendy Morton (Conservative) on Tuesday, 14 July 2020 on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
Chagossians: Finance
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to establish processes to enable Chagossians to apply for funding from the Government's Chagossian Support Package.
- Answer
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We have developed the following criteria to demonstrate eligibility to access the Support Package:
- Being born in the Chagos Archipelago/British Indian Ocean Territory.
- Claiming to be of Chagossian heritage, descended from a Chagossian born in the Chagos Archipelago/British Indian Ocean Territory, with a direct maternal or paternal line of descent.
These criteria are already being applied to ensure that heritage visit places are allocated in a fair and transparent manner.
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- 2019-21
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- Finance Chagossians
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