To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much his Department spent on meeting the costs of the respondent in the case of R (on the application of Bancoult) v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs on which judgment was given in the House of Lords on 22 October 2008. (242307)

The costs of the respondent in the case of R (Bancoult) v. Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs in the House of Lords on which judgment was given on 22 October 2008 have not yet been finalised.