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Sanctions

Question for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

UIN 102648, tabled on 12 January 2022

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many individual recommendations for Magnitsky-style sanctions have been received by (a) her Department and (b) other Government departments in each of the last 12 months.

Answered on

17 January 2022

The Government has received a number of recommendations for Magnitsky sanctions from NGOs, parliamentarians and other organisations, for which we are grateful. We keep all evidence and potential designations under close review. We will consider targets, guided by the objectives of the sanctions regime and the evidence.

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