Question follow-through · 36050

Unexplained Wealth Orders

To ask the Solicitor General, if she will make an estimate of the number of unexplained wealth orders that have been (a) requested by and (b) granted to the Serious Fraud Office for each year from 2020 to 2024.

answeredAttorney General

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Answering body
Attorney General
Tabled
6 Mar 2025
Target answer date
10 Mar 2025
Answer
12 Mar 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 6 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Solicitor General, if she will make an estimate of the number of unexplained wealth orders that have been (a) requested by and (b) granted to the Serious Fraud Office for each year from 2020 to 2024.

  2. 10 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 12 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    The SFO has made one application for an unexplained wealth order (UWO) since 2020. This UWO application was accepted by the court on 17 January 2025 and related to the recovery of property suspected to have been purchased with the proceeds of a £100 milli...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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