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Sanctions: Enforcement

Commons · Question 18176 · Tabled 5 Dec 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 18 Dec 2024

Question

Asked by Alex Sobel

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will take steps to increase resources for enforcement agencies to (a) investigate and (b) prosecute complex sanctions evasion schemes.

Answer

Answered by Stephen Doughty, 18 Dec 2024

A range of Departments have responsibility for the enforcement of UK sanctions, including the Home Office, Department for Business and Trade, Department for Transport and HM Treasury. Resourcing is decided by those Departments and their agencies in conjun...