Bashar al-Assad: Freezing of Assets
Commons · Question 92501 · Tabled 19 Nov 2025 · Treasury · Official record
Answered 27 Nov 2025
Question
Asked by Sir Iain Duncan Smith
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) properties and (b) other assets belonging to family members of Bashar al-Assad have been (i) seized and (ii) frozen under UK Government sanctions since March 2011.
Answer
Answered by Lucy Rigby, 27 Nov 2025
The Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI), part of HM Treasury published in its 2024-2025 Annual Review that £383 million in assets relating to the Syrian sanctions regime have been reported as frozen as of September 2024. This is an aggrega...