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Foreign Investment in UK: National Security

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many transactions have been blocked under the National Security and Investment Act 2021 since 5 July 2024; and which transactions were blocked.

answeredCabinet Office

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Answering body: Cabinet Office
Tabled: 6 Jan 2025
Target answer date: 8 Jan 2025
Answer: 8 Jan 2025 · 2 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

6 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many transactions have been blocked under the National Security and Investment Act 2021 since 5 July 2024; and which transactions were blocked.
8 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Jan 2025
Answer published
The Government publishes notices of final orders made on GOV.UK - this includes cases that are blocked, unwound, or cleared subject to conditions. The Government also publishes annual reports to provide information about the transactions that it has been ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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